For a student in sociology who touched upon feminist sociology/research, de Beauvoir's name has popped up countless times. I find myself liking "The Second Sex", albeit noting that it is written in a difficult language - maybe even clinically so, calculated as such so that it will be taken seriously. This is not the feminism of an extremist, even though the passionately advocates for it, rather it is the feminism of a rational woman who wants to clear things out. I have enjoyed the conclusion an...

Not bad, but I would have preferred a man's perspective on this subject

A must read for EVERYONE! I cannot stress how important this book is! It just truly explains, in a very easy to follow and comprehensive way, why is the world as it is now, and how come women are always the ones facing hate, persecution, disgust. Literally, it's very eye-opening, very explicative, without being anything more than factually laying down the issue. If you want to understand why feminism is needed, why we ask for equality, why women are struggling so much with just existing... This

WOW. just WOW, this book is the feminist bible (!). No words to express the joy i felt reading this. It's so dense but at the same time so interisting. Simone did such a great job, i love this more than i could ever express. Just in the first 20 pages or so, she had already convinced me I was gonna love this book with the words "If the feminine issue is so absurd, is because the male's arrogance made it "a discussion" WOW (again). This is a true scientific work i must say. She read so many books...

even the word 'important' cannot say how important this work/book is. just read it. please.

Le Deuxième Sexe I = The Second Sex (Le Deuxième Sexe #1), Simone de BeauvoirThe Second Sex is a 1949 book by the French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir, in which the author discusses the treatment of women throughout history. Beauvoir researched and wrote the book in about 14 months when she was 38 years old. She published it in two volumes, Facts and Myths and Lived Experience (Les faits et les mythes and L'expérience vécue in French). Some chapters first appeared in Les Temps modernes. The

this is a thorough investigation of "womanhood" and I never thought I could love theory so much. it just explains... so much... Simone answers questions you never would've even thought to ask.I feel awake with knowledge... well, as much as one can be awake and/or knowledgeable. oh Simone. how eloquent can you be?

I hated this book. That's all I have to say

The first part of Simone de Beauvoir’s essay on women was an outstanding undertaking to explain the domination of women since the beginning of humankind. This is a very intellectual and detailed essay, that first presents and challenges the inputs of biology, psychoanalysis and historical materialism in explaining the inequalities between men and women. De Beauvoir then presents the history of women (mostly from an occidental perspective) and is particularly critical of the roles of procreation,...

This first of two volumes concerning the situation of women in the world they live in - and have lived in - informs us in a reasonably exhaustive way of what is - and has been - historically their position. Beginning with this founding element that is biology, De Beauvoir then tells us about what life has been for women historically, but also mythologically, that is to say, in what way she, as a woman, crossed and marked consciences.This book is well done. It approaches the woman's condition by

read in English or in french, this is a foundational book in the area of women's and feminist studies.

Such an amazing work! I love it! There is no such a perfect portrait of women I've seen before. This is my bible now and I will cherish it forever!

This week, Cartooning For Peace have an open air exhibition down by the lake. There are many fine pictures on display, but I think my favorite was the following:For people who don't know French, both women are thinking "I wouldn't want to be her!"

Le Deuxieme Sexe aka The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir sits at number eleven on the Le Monde’s 100 Books of the Century https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mond... 9 out of 10This reader has had a surprise on looking at the first lines of this massive opus –many say an opus magnum, which Le Monde places in the company of the La Recherche du Temps Perdu – the greatest chef d’oeuvre known by the under signed – The Outsider, ahead of Lolita, Brave New World and other more admired masterpieces, at l...

She had a talent for explaining complex ideas in a simple manner. An excellent read.

Beauvoir is a force to be reckoned with. I feel like a new woman having read this. Dense, for sure, but worth the effort and patience to understand her genius and see the truth In what she says. Looking forward to part 2.

It is interesting for me to reflect on how my expectations differed from the actual experience of the book in this case. I don't know why I thought it would be more "provocative" and less of an analysis, but my guess is that my mind is full of the short and (often not so) sweet quick fix books that overwhelm the market these days. A thorough study over several hundreds of pages is just not that en vogue anymore. I wonder if Simone de Beauvoir will still be read by next generation's human rights

Intense!

The Second Sex was published in 1949 in two parts and my Finnish editions follow that format even though the feminist classic is usually thought as one, complete work. In the first part of The Second Sex de Beauvoir states the facts of the difference between the sexes, both biologically, scientifically and historically. She discusses the way psychoanalysis and biology has been used to make women less than men even though when you look at the facts, there is no statement that says that women are

Ok so this was INSANELY hard, and not even because it was in French (although that did slow me down, obviously). De Beauvoir goes into so much depth and detail of what it means to be a woman, starting off with the more scientific and factual stuff and then interrogating women's place in society throughout the course of history and in mythology and literature.The overarching narrative is of man as the norm and woman as the Other, onto which man can project all his fear and confusion about anythin...