“Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth.”
— Simone de Beauvoir
The Second Sex
From Beauvoir's analysis of how male-dominated society has constructed a view of the world that presents itself as universal.
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