Article: Works of Simone de Beauvoir: Note To The Student

Beauvior, Simone de
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Note To The Student

When - according to Simone de Beauvoir - did woman become inferior to
man? Why is woman an easy prey to male domination? Why have women never
rebelled against their male oppressors, as the Irish and the blacks have
challenged theirs? Why has there never been a female Shakespeare or a female
Beethoven? Why does de Beauvoir call marriage? "woman's biggest trap"?

In what ways is The Second Sex based on de Beauvoir's own life-style? How
does her literary style resemble that of the Bible?

These and many other equally interesting questions are taken up in this
Monarch Note. But it will have little meaning for you unless you ...

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