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The quote says that these family relationships are not equal partnerships, but ones shaped by dependence and submission. It presents women and daughters as being placed in a subordinate position within family structure. The wording argues that these roles function like service to a higher authority.
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About Simone de Beauvoir
French writer, social theorist, and feminist activist
Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. She is closely associated with existentialism and with the development of feminist thought. Although she did not describe herself as a philosopher, her work had a major influence on feminist existentialism and feminist theory. Her writings are often read in the context of those ideas, rather than as part of a formal philosophical career.
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Books by Simone de Beauvoir
Le Deuxième Sexe
1968
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2005
Yikilmis Kabin
2013
Las inseparables
2021
L'invitée
1999