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savazelena's review against another edition
5.0
RIP Simone de Beauvoir, you would've loved the Good For Her cinematic universe.
bellebee's review against another edition
3.0
I think this book would be brilliant if it was half as long. It starts off strong but gets so dry & tedious. Also, for a book on feminism, it sure talks about the pov of men & antifeminists a lot.
blackcatreading's review against another edition
5.0
Tardé demasiado tiempo en leer este libro, pero valió totalmente la pena. Simone hace un profundo y detallado análisis de la mujer en cuanto a su condición de subyugada/sometida en un mundo patriarcal, masculino. Habla desde la fisiología, psicología, desde la historia y la sociedad, etc. Y el papel de la mujer en todas estas instancias. Muy interesante. Obviamente todo esto teniendo en consideración la época en que de Beauvoir escribe este libro; aún así vemos que hay muchas cosas que no han cambiado en relación a nuestros tiempos. Totalmente recomendable este libro para tener una perspectiva del rol de la mujer en lo social, lo histórico, desde la individualidad y el psicoanálisis, desde el crecimiento y crianza, desde lo cultural y mitológico, desde las esferas del poder y la opresión, etc.
jg12389's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
It only took me two and a half years to finish it, but finish it I did! Finally. The first half is a ton of theory and is extremely dense and because it was written so long ago, a lot of it went over my head. And while there were a lot of generalities made in this book on all sides, and some of the ideas and language used would frankly be considered wrong, immoral, and/or disparaging these days, a lot of the core ideas she is arguing remain the same today, which is both enlightening and depressing. But seriously, skip the first half or just read a summary of this book, it's not for the faint of heart. Glad I finished it though!
materialgorlnt's review against another edition
4.0
Simone would be incredibly depressed to see how little has changed. And she would be so embarrassed by the tradtokers.
tdaak's review against another edition
3.0
2 1/2 years later and I have finished this book. I really enjoyed the parts of this book that were Simone’s thoughts on men and women but didn’t really understand the section of literary analysis having no real reference for the novels or writers she was largely responding to. I think I’ll return to this book again and again.
pnwtinap's review against another edition
5.0
This is my feminist bible as they say. I studied philosophy and this was the one book that drew me in and kept me studying throughout the years. My copy is stained with hot chocolate, highlighted beyond recognition with notes and post-its from many readings and many paper written.