Two quotes are mentioned twice in the reading, Aristotle “The female is female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities. We should regard women’s nature as suffering from natural defectiveness.” (Beauvoir, 5) and St. Thomas, “incomplete man” (Beauvoir, 5) this comment refers to the story in Genesis of Eve being taken from the rib of Adam.
Other quote summaries an assessment of women is by Monsieur Benda in the Uriel’s Report, “A man’s body has meaning by itself, disregarding the body of the woman, whereas the woman’s body seems devoid of meaning without reference to the male.” (Beauvoir,
Other quote summaries an assessment of women is by Monsieur Benda in the Uriel’s Report, “A man’s body has meaning by itself, disregarding the body of the woman, whereas the woman’s body seems devoid of meaning without reference to the male.” (Beauvoir,