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Page 168
... feminine . ' Gender is in the first place a social fact . " Of course , quite apart from the sex a person is born , it is quite possible for people growing up to feel and believe themselves to be the opposite . The relations between ...
... feminine . ' Gender is in the first place a social fact . " Of course , quite apart from the sex a person is born , it is quite possible for people growing up to feel and believe themselves to be the opposite . The relations between ...
Page 231
... feminine beings in a compelling cultural process that begins at birth and does not end till death . Home , school , street life , recreation , the media and work - all our experiences tell us repeatedly , from the initial gender ...
... feminine beings in a compelling cultural process that begins at birth and does not end till death . Home , school , street life , recreation , the media and work - all our experiences tell us repeatedly , from the initial gender ...
Page 255
... femininity with its opposite , immanence . Simone de Beauvoir saw technological invention itself as an inspired act of trans- cendence by ... feminine all that women have given to life . Women , says de Beauvoir , Beyond pink and blue / 255.
... femininity with its opposite , immanence . Simone de Beauvoir saw technological invention itself as an inspired act of trans- cendence by ... feminine all that women have given to life . Women , says de Beauvoir , Beyond pink and blue / 255.
Contents
Technology production and power | 15 |
new technology and sexual divisions | 44 |
new technology in mail | 78 |
Copyright | |
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