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1、SimonedeBeauvoir1949TheSecondSexSource:TheSecondSex,1949,translatedbyHMParshley,Penguin1972;Written:inFrenchandfirstpublishedasLeDeuxièmeSexe,in1949;FirstPublishedinEnglish:byJonathanCapein1953;Transcribed:byAndyBlundenfortheValue_of_Knowledgewebsite,1998;Proofread:fromthePenguineditionb
2、yAndyBlunden,February2005.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------IntroductionChapterOne,BiologyChapterTwo,PsychologyChapterThree,HistoryfromPartII,ontheMaster-SlaveRelationConclusionOnthepublicationofTheSecondSex,1963TheSecondSex,25yearson,1976int
3、erviewBiographyIntroductionWomanasOtherFORalongtimeIhavehesitatedtowriteabookonwoman.Thesubjectisirritating,especiallytowomen;anditisnotnew.Enoughinkhasbeenspilledinquarrellingoverfeminism,andperhapsweshouldsaynomoreaboutit.Itisstilltalkedabout,however,forthevoluminousnonsenseutteredduri
4、ngthelastcenturyseemstohavedonelittletoilluminatetheproblem.Afterall,isthereaproblem?Andifso,whatisit?Aretherewomen,really?Mostassuredlythetheoryoftheeternalfemininestillhasitsadherentswhowillwhisperinyourear:‘EveninRussiawomenstillarewomen’;andothereruditepersons–sometimestheverysame–sa
5、ywithasigh:‘Womanislosingherway,womanislost.’Onewondersifwomenstillexist,iftheywillalwaysexist,whetherornotitisdesirablethattheyshould,whatplacetheyoccupyinthisworld,whattheirplaceshouldbe.‘Whathasbecomeofwomen?’wasaskedrecentlyinanephemeralmagazine.Butfirstwemustask:whatisawoman?‘Totamu
6、lierinutero’,saysone,‘womanisawomb’.Butinspeakingofcertainwomen,connoisseursdeclarethattheyarenotwomen,althoughtheyareequippedwithauterusliketherest.Allagreeinrecognisingthefactthatfemalesexistinthehumanspecies;todayasalwaystheymakeupaboutonehalfofhumanity.Andyetwearetoldthatfemininityis
7、indanger;weareexhortedtobewomen,remainwomen,becomewomen.Itwouldappear,then,thateveryfemalehumanbeingisnotnecessarilyawoman;tobesoconsideredshemustshareinthatmysteriousandthreatenedrealityknownasfemininity.Isthisattributesomethingsecretedbytheovaries?OrisitaPlatonicessence
