Simone de
Beauvoir was a strong french feminist woman. Her life was a long life, because
she lived until 78 years old. She was born in Paris, in 1908 and died in 1986. She
was a writer of different styles, like novels, essays and academic papers. In
her novel called “Memorias de una joven
formal” you can see that she was part of a very conservative family, and
she had a very strict education. Maybe, her family and teachers was the perfect
influence for her to develop such contradictory and countercultural ideas.
She was an
important woman not only in the feminist struggle but also in the philosophy. The
most important book that she wrote is “The Sencond Sex”, it’s a foundational stone
of the current feminism. In this book she said that the gender is a cultural construction.
This central idea in the feminism can be reflected in the most famous phrase of
the author: "You are not born a woman, you become one".
I think
that she was a woman ahead of her time. De Beauvoir, is symbol of fight for
women's rights and she have my respect and admiration.
Simone de Beauvoir was a great feminist who installed the foundations of modern feminism and fought against the patriarchal system. Your work I love
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