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

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

Heaven, Earth, Philosopher

Simone de Beauvoir (1953). “The second sex”, Vintage

And without a doubt it is more comfortable to endure blind bondage than to work for one's liberation; the dead, too, are better suited to the earth than the living.

Simone de Beauvoir

Doubt, Earth, Blind

Simone de Beauvoir (2014). “The Second Sex”, p.182, Random House