The Second Sex, by Simone de Beauvoir, Episode 1

The Second Sex is a 1949 book by the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book between 1946 and 1949, and published it in two volumes, Facts and Myths and Lived Experience. It was published in English in the United States in 1953, and has been considered a defining feminist text ever since.