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4.11 AVERAGE
4.11 AVERAGE
informative
slow-paced
This book doesn’t age well. It’s interesting to read about the history of the idea of women. And it’s fascinating how some arguments about women’s health are still in limbo from 100 years ago. I disagreed with the author on a lot of things but overall I did find it interesting and infuriating.
tried to read immediately after gender trouble and felt incredibly outdated, might have approached them in the wrong order lol
I started this in February!! Skim read it at the end, it’s too big and dry for me to completely understand it.
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
I need more time to read this, it's a big book, and Simone de Beauvoir has a lot to say. While it's not necessarily the easiest read and a read that you would pick up outside of a class, I do find it worthwhile. Each author that chose to write about sexism, feminism, and whatnot, has powerful things to say. Yet each of them can learn more, and understand more about it. They can each benefit from one another. I appreciate what she had to say, I don't necessarily agree or understand everything she wrote, but I still find what she wrote to be powerful and important.
I'm always confused what to rate non-fiction books, but this by all means is a great book. Is it perfect? No. I found some parts lacking, for example there was a clear lack of discussion in the conditions of working class women in Vol. II 'Social Life'.
Will everyone find every word applicable to their lives today? No. However, as a South-Asian woman it is striking how the lived experiences of women in 1949 can be applied word-for-word today. This tome of a book covers a lot and I think brings into perspective many aspects of 'womanhood'; becoming especially important today with the hyper-individual choice feminism that has been popularized.
[the fact I ended up finishing this on international women's day is just so fitting]
Will everyone find every word applicable to their lives today? No. However, as a South-Asian woman it is striking how the lived experiences of women in 1949 can be applied word-for-word today. This tome of a book covers a lot and I think brings into perspective many aspects of 'womanhood'; becoming especially important today with the hyper-individual choice feminism that has been popularized.
[the fact I ended up finishing this on international women's day is just so fitting]
informative
reflective
slow-paced
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
