The second sex

Introduction

Select bibliography

Chronology

Author's introduction

bk. 1. Facts and myths

pt. I. Destiny

I. The data of biology

II. The psychoanalytic point of view

III. The point of view of historical materialism

pt. II. History

IV. The Nomads

V. Early tillers of the soil

VI. Patriarchal times and classical antiquity

VII. Through the Middle Ages to eighteenth-century France

VIII. Since the French Revolution : the job and the vote

pt. III. Myths

IX. Dreams, fears, idols

X. The myth of woman in five authors

1. Montherlant or the bread of disgust

2. D.H. Lawrence or phallic pride

3. Claudel and the handmaid of the lord

4. Breton or poetry

5. Stendhal or the romantic of reality

6. Summary

XI. Myth and reality

bk. 2. Woman's life today

pt. IV. The formative years

XII. Childhood

XIII. The young girl

XIV. Sexual initiation

XV. The lesbian

pt. V. Situation

XVI. The married woman

XVII. The mother

XVIII. Social life

XIX. Prostitutes and hetairas

XX. From maturity to old age

XXI. Woman's situation and character

pt. VI. Justifications

XXII. The narcissist

XXIII. The woman in love

XXIV. The mystic

pt. VII. Toward liberation

XXV. The independent woman

Conclusion

Index.