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Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex”

The main thesis de Beavoir tries to get across is that women are fundamentally oppressed by men who characterize them as the “other.” Women are incomplete when compared to men because men are superior and unbound. Men can extend their wills out to … Continue reading

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Freud “On Dreams”

Condensation and dramatization are the most important and interesting characteristics of a dream. However, in some cases these typical events are not enough to explain the whole dream. Freud believes there is a third aspect of the dream called “dream-thoughts.” This refers … Continue reading

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