I am not at all for a feminism which is entirely separatist, which would say, "this domain is purely for women." I don't believe that at all.
Simone de BeauvoirOne is not born, but rather becomes, a woman. No biological, psychological, or economic fate determines the figure that the human female presents in society; it is civilization as a whole that produces this creature, intermediate between male and eunuch, which is described as feminine.
Simone de Beauvoir