Simone de Beauvoir

The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#change

Weakness' is weakness only in light of the aims man sets for himself, the instruments at his disposal and the laws he imposes. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#men #weakness #men

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity no to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#feminism #life

Be loved, be admired, be necessary; be somebody. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#inspirational

The misfortune is that although everyone must come to [death], each experiences the adventure in solitude. We never left Maman during those last days... and yet we were profoundly separated from her. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#death #existentialism #death

Legislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#inspirational #women-s-rights #equality

[...]maintenant je n'ai plus de regrets,parce que les choses qui n'existent pas pour moi,il me semble qu'elles n'existent absolument pas. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#inspirational

Dans la femme parée, la Nature est présente, mais captive, modelée par une volonté humaine selon le désir de l'homme. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#female-beauty #objectification-of-women #patriarchy #women #beauty

L'ideologie chrétienne n'a pas peu contribué à l'oppression de la femme. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#female-oppression #gender-inequality #religion #religion

Un des problèmes essentiels qui se posent à propos de la femme, c'est la conciliation de son rôle reproducteur et de son travail producteur. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

#gender-roles #labour #family