The Second Intercourse

‘One just isn’t born, however relatively turns into, lady’

First printed in Paris in 1949, The Second Intercourse by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqué guide that turned a runaway success. Promoting 20,000 copies in its first week, the guide earned its creator each notoriety and admiration.

Since then, The Second Intercourse has been translated into forty languages and has turn out to be a landmark within the historical past of feminism. Required studying for anybody who believes within the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Intercourse are as vital right this moment as they had been for the housewives of the 40’s.