<p><i>''One is not born, but rather becomes, woman''</i><br><br>First published in Paris in 1949, <i>The Second Sex</i> by Simone de Beavoir was a groundbreaking, risqu¿ook that became a runaway success. Selling 20,000 copies in its first week, the book earned its author both notoriety and admiration.<br><br>Since then, <i>The Second Sex</i> has been translated into forty languages and has become a landmark in the history of feminism. Required reading for anyone who believes in the equality of the sexes, the central messages of <i>The Second Sex</i> are as important today as they were for the housewives of the forties.</p>