About the Book: The Second Sex
The Second Sex 'One is not born, but rather becomes, woman'
First published in Paris in 1949, The Second Sex by Simone de Beavoir was a
groundbreaking, risque book that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies
in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration.
Since then, The Second Sex has been translated into forty languages and has
become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who
believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of The Second Sex
are as important today as they were for the housewives