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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
Very hearty material. I'll get back to it one day.
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Niet zo goed als ik verwacht had, onder andere door de vorm. Veel hoofdstukken zijn onnodig langdradig, met verwijzingen naar tientallen boeken die bijna niemand vandaag leest. De inhoud was vaak sterk, zeker voor zijn tijd, maar bijna even vaak problematisch. Hier en daar oriëntalistisch en islamofoob, maar de psychoanalytische zever die ze erbij betrok was soms zo absurd dat het hele boek een slechte nasmaak kreeg. Die bereikten een degoutant hoogtepunt bij haar analyse van vrouwelijke homoseksualiteit als altijd het resultaat van trauma. "Didn't age well" is een understatement. Haalt net de top 10 van mijn favoriete boeken van De Beauvoir, en ik heb er nog maar drie gelezen.
culpo o tempo que demorei a ler este livro no john green
Una excelente perspectiva acerca de la otredad del ser, pero requiere de un alto nivel de lectura previa para entenderlo mejor
Essential non-fiction feminist read. I started reading my physical copy in the UK before switching to the audible in Spain. It covers a vast amount of ideas and themes but at times, lacks intersectionality and is either incorrect or bordering offensive due to the change in current views/new research. The book is a slog at times due to the sheer overwhelming size of the text (especially the physical text) but I feel like I have learnt a lot.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Chronic fatigue/brain fog turned this into a four month odyssey but I made it through, and honestly I had a great time with it. Regardless of whether I agreed with the points she was making at any given time, they were still always fascinating to read. Simone de Beauvoir was a great writer and a bold and original thinker. Reading this was an experience I won't forget.
For its time, this is a fabulous book- breaking the boundaries and definitions that had held the women of the 1800s in thrall. However, as with much feminist literature, it tends to serve more as an attack on the masculine in society than a liberation for women. The pendulum is now turning to the other end, with more women in graduate studies than men, and the working mother taking over the workplace. Now is not the time or the place for feminist rhetoric, but appreciating the fact that it was seminal in the process of bringing women to the place they are now is valuable.
I do not consider myself to be a typical reader of this genre by any stretch of the imagination. That said, I’ve never had so many of my intangible thoughts and experiences articulated so clearly. Simone de Beauvoir speaks on such specific generalizations that it feels impossible for her words to be accurate, but she simply did not miss a beat. This was a push to read all the way through, but I’m glad I did…
The Second Sex is a behemoth of an analysis on female otherness—childhood, adolescence, marriage, abortion, motherhood, etc. Every chapter hit me with painful truths that I probably never would have identified otherwise. Each time I had a reading session of this, I felt seen on a level I actually did not know was possible. I’d recommend everyone make this a reading project at some point—the relief & understanding it exposes is otherworldly despite that it’s not particularly delightful to read.
The Second Sex is a behemoth of an analysis on female otherness—childhood, adolescence, marriage, abortion, motherhood, etc. Every chapter hit me with painful truths that I probably never would have identified otherwise. Each time I had a reading session of this, I felt seen on a level I actually did not know was possible. I’d recommend everyone make this a reading project at some point—the relief & understanding it exposes is otherworldly despite that it’s not particularly delightful to read.
challenging
sad
slow-paced