This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons hitherto brought forward in explanation of this fact has seemed adequate.

Ce monde a toujours appartenu aux mâles : aucune des raisons qu’on en a proposées ne nous ont paru suffisantes.

Simone de Beauvoir

The Second Sex

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Topic

Patriarchy

Author

Simone de Beauvoir

Source

The Second Sex

Genre

Historical literature Feminist literature

Language

French

Time

1949 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Feminist Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. Le Deuxième Sexe [The Second Sex]. Vol. 1, Gallimard, 1949.

Current Citation

De Beauvoir, Simone. The Second Sex, translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. Vintage, 2011.

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Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Leopold, Aldo. "The Land Ethic." A Sand County Almanac: And Sketches Here and There. Oxford University Press, 1949.

Another quote about Patriarchy

The law sees and treats women the way men see and treat women.

Catherine MacKinnon

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Patriarchy Law

Author

Catherine MacKinnon
Language
English
Time
1983 1980s 20th century
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Citation

MacKinnon, Catharine A. "Feminism, Marxism, Method, and the State: Toward Feminist Jurisprudence." Signs. Vol. 8, No. 4, c. 1983.

Another quote originally in French

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space

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Houses Home

Author

Gaston Bachelard
Source
The Poetics of Space
Language
French
Time
1958 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.