Simone de Beauvoir Femme Quotations

On ne na|"t pas femme: on le devient. One is not born a woman: one becomes a woman.

La femme?sait que quand on la regarde on ne la distingue pas de son apparence: elle est juge e, respecte e, de sire e a' travers sa toilette. Woman?knows that when she is looked at she is not considered apart from her appearance: she is judged, respected, desired, by and through her toilette.