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A review by emeraldgarnet
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
2.0
What a roller coaster.
Until the conclusion section, I was leaning towards giving this book one star. However, I mostly agreed with de Beauvoir's recommendations for the future and so I have given this book two stars.
Getting to the good concluding remarks was painful. At times de Beauvoir was misogynistic and she had an irritating habit of trying universalize one woman's experience to women as a whole. The obsession with Freudian psychology was tiresome and clearly a sign of the prevailing views of the early twentieth century on gender.
Ultimately, I agree with most of de Beauvoir's ends but not with how she reaches them.
'The Second Sex' is worth a read as a historical text for those who already have a secure background knowledge in the areas of gender and women. However, if you are new to reading and learning about gender and women then I do not recommend this book as it is not very enlightening and takes a long time to get to the point.
Until the conclusion section, I was leaning towards giving this book one star. However, I mostly agreed with de Beauvoir's recommendations for the future and so I have given this book two stars.
Getting to the good concluding remarks was painful. At times de Beauvoir was misogynistic and she had an irritating habit of trying universalize one woman's experience to women as a whole. The obsession with Freudian psychology was tiresome and clearly a sign of the prevailing views of the early twentieth century on gender.
Ultimately, I agree with most of de Beauvoir's ends but not with how she reaches them.
'The Second Sex' is worth a read as a historical text for those who already have a secure background knowledge in the areas of gender and women. However, if you are new to reading and learning about gender and women then I do not recommend this book as it is not very enlightening and takes a long time to get to the point.