The point is not for women simply to take power out of menโs hands, since that wouldnโt change anything about the world. Itโs a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.
Simone de BeauvoirWhen women act like women, they are accused of being inferior. When women act like human beings, they are accused of behaving like men.
Simone de BeauvoirChoice springs from the totality of the person. Thus, to study, to analyze what a person is, does not eliminate the idea of freedom.
Simone de Beauvoir