Daughters of de Beauvoir

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    Beauvoir wrote the novel, The Second Sex, regarding woman as second to men. "You were a real firebrand if you read that book. If you paid any attention to it you were maladjusted, all the things you tried so hard not to be." Women were thought of as respectable, innocent, etc. and reading literature that had powerful words (even "sexy" words) intimidated most people. Societal norms were abolished when writing this novel. "She said the kind of things I wanted my mother to say," says Angie Pegg. This novel was so important for women to hear. They were able to realize it is OKAY to want more out of your life and to keep pushing to grow in all aspects of your life. Some women don't get the privilege to hear encouraging words from their mother or women in their lives. Beauvoir became a voice for those to look up to. She was born into a wealthy family but hit sudden bankruptcy, once she stuck out in school, she knew she could succeed at a professional field, although her father was an anti-feminist. Ann Oakley write the novel, House Wife, showing why roles for men and women are different. She found the novel The Second Sex inspired her. Social forces was exactly what decided our fate, proving that there is the ability for change. Beauvoir also had no feelings towards her mother, which may have been the reason she never regretted having children. She was powerful, and had an attitude of being intellectual superior, until meeting Sartre.