I met Anne Carson once for about 30 minutes over coffee with a mutual friend, in 1985. I’ve never forgotten it. I don’t know that I’ve ever been that floored by someone over such a tiny interval of time.
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![Simone de Beauvoir's famous line "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman" opens Volume Il of her 1949 book on gender roles as a learned social construct rather than biological destiny. The book's title labels women as The [BLANK] Sex.
What word fills the blank?
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Most Common Wrong Answer
FAIRER (25%)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ssxnmhdtz6le6nxu7jfhglz6/bafkreibjg3bucqyanhsdgoe5kq64mlss65thg7qcqd4t2jmnhhltl6hnee)
