But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or sim…

Simone de Beauvoir
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But women do not say 'We', except at some congress of feminists or similar formal demonstration; men say 'women', and women use the same word in referring to themselves. ✨ Simone de Beauvoir (1963). Nature of the second sex
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