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1 " A man would never set out to write a book on the peculiarsituation of the human male. But if I wish to define myself, Imust first of all say: T am a woman "
― Simone de Beauvoir , A History of Sex
2 " The terms masculine and feminine areused symmetrically only as a matter of form, as on legalpapers. In actuality the relation of the two sexes is not quitelike that of two electrical poles, for man represents both thepositive and the neutral, as is indicated by the common use ofman to designate human beings in general ; whereas womanrepresents only the negative, defined by limiting criteria, withoutreciprocity. "