Femme

Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer

"La femme?sait que quand on la regarde on ne la distingue pas de son apparence: elle est juge e, respecte e, de sire e a' travers sa toilette. Woman?knows that when she is looked at she is not considered apart from her appearance: she is judged, respected, desired, by and through her toilette."

Simone de Beauvoir Philosopher, Writer

"On ne na|"t pas femme: on le devient. One is not born a woman: one becomes a woman."

Denis Diderot Philosopher, Writer

"Tous les jours on couche avec des femmes qu'on n'aime pas, et l'on ne couche pas avec des femmes qu'on aime. Every day we sleep with women we do not love and don't sleep with the women we do love."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher, Writer, Composer

"The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]"