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This book contains a section on Stendhal romanticizing what is real and contrasts him with authors like D.H. Lawrence and Henry de Montherlant. In 2009, the first [emphasize] complete English translation of this book was made by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier. This book claims that “homosexuality is no more a deliberate perversion than a fatal curse.” (-5[1])This book states that a group “doomed to (*) immanence” is (10[1])unable to reach (10[1])“transcendence.” This book’s volume “The Lived Experience” (10[1])follows one (10[1])titled “Facts and Myths.” This book uses Hegel’s master-slave (10[1])dialectic when stating that men have made women “the Other.” For 10 points, the statement “one is not born, but rather (10[1])becomes, woman” is from what book of feminist philosophy by Simone de Beauvoir? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: The Second Sex [or Le Deuxième Sexe]
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Roxanne TangOhio State AChicago D56-5
Quynh PhungPurdue AOhio State B6610
Henry CafaroChicago BSIUE B6910
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Robert CondronChicago AMichigan B7810
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