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The Second Sex

essay by Simone de Beauvoir
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The Second Sex
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Summary

The Second Sex is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,506 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Simone de Beauvoir[3]
  • Publisher: Éditions Gallimard[4]
  • Genre: essay[5]
  • Place of publication: France[6]
  • Part of: Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century[7], Index Librorum Prohibitorum[8]
  • Commons category: The Second Sex[9]
  • Language of work or name: French[10]
  • Country of origin: France[11]
  • Publication date: 1949[12]
  • Has edition or translation: The second sex[13], Das andere Geschlecht[14]
  • Main subject: feminism[15]
  • Number of pages: 1072 page[16]
  • Title: Le Deuxième Sexe[17], De tweede sekse[18], O segundo sexo[19], Das andere Geschlecht[20], El segon sexe[21], La dua sekso[22], The Second Sex[23]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Art+Feminism[24], gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia[25], Every Book Its Reader 2025[26]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[27]

Why It Matters

The Second Sex has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

France literary work Simone de Beauvoir

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  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  15. [17] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL767941W
    Publication date → +1949-00-00T00:00:00Z
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Art+Feminism, gender gap on Dutch Wikipedia, Every Book Its Reader 2025
    Copyright status → copyrighted
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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