One can not start by saying that our earthly destiny has or has not importance, for it depends upon us to give it importance.
Simone de BeauvoirRepresentation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.
Simone de BeauvoirNo one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Simone de BeauvoirAs long as the family and the myth of the family ... have not been destroyed, women will still be oppressed.
Simone de Beauvoir