toilette quotes

La femme†sait que quand on la regarde on ne la distingue pas de son apparence: elle est juge  e, respecte  e, de  sire  e a'   travers sa toilette. Woman†knows that when she is looked at she is not considered apart from her appearance: she is judged, respected, desired, by and through her toilette.

- Simone de Beauvoir
  Le Deuxie' m e Sexe (The Second Sex), bk.2, pt.7, ch.25 (translated by H M Parshley,1952).