One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible. (Simone de Beauvoir)

One is not born a genius, one becomes a genius; and the feminine situation has up to the present rendered this becoming practically impossible.

Simone de Beauvoir

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