Who is the author of the essay The Second Sex, a major work of feminist thought?

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Published in 1949 in two volumes, “The Second Sex” is a philosophical and historical essay by Simone de Beauvoir, and not a novel. The author examines the way in which women have been constituted as the “Other” in societies dominated by men. She draws on philosophy, history, biology, literature and lived experience to analyze the social construction of femininity. The phrase “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” has become one of the most famous in the book. The book has profoundly influenced contemporary feminist thought and movements.