Feminism is a revolutionary movement which is different from the class struggle movement, the proletarian movement, but which is a movement which must be leftist. By that I mean at the extreme left, a movement working to overthrow the whole society.
Simone de BeauvoirWhen an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior.
Simone de BeauvoirTo be free is not to have the power to do anything you like; it is to be able to surpass the given toward an open future.
Simone de BeauvoirSometimes you can accept an important post, on condition that it really puts you in a position to help women. Unfortunately, women who have important posts very often adopt masculine standards-power, ambition, personal success - and cut themselves off from other women.
Simone de Beauvoir