De Beauvoir on the Other
Talking Politics: HISTORY OF IDEAS
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The Second Sex by Simone De Beauvois
Women by men is a kind of oppression in de beauvois mind that is as extreme a slavery. She talks about vassalage, a kind of feudal term, meaning a relationship of obedience and the expectation of favors. And she also uses the language of caste, c a s t e, the word that frederick douglas used to talk,. The people who somehow get the benefits are often oblivious to it.
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