One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission. But the way things are in the world, bringing up children has a great deal in common with washing up saucepans.


Simone de Beauvoir Today (1984)

Simone de Beauvoir Quotes

One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission....

One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission....

One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission....

One can hardly tell women that washing up saucepans is their divine mission, [so] they are told that bringing up children is their divine mission....