Simone de Beauvoir starts Volume 2 of The Second Sex by stating “One is not born but becomes a woman.” Meaning of this quote according to Beauvoir is to convey how a woman creates her physical exterior and internal character as she is present in the societal environment. Beauvoir illustrates gender and sex are an entirely different from each other and demonstrates incomparable aspects. Sex is given by nature and created in the womb, and gender is determined hereafter. the writer believes, a woman does not become a woman at birth but molded by society and family structure. Over the course of a female life, she is gently constructed through childhood. This means every child that is of the female sex can not be disregarded as a woman …show more content…
A woman's role defines by how well she leads her household which can cause immanence pressure, incompleteness and frustration. Her future as married women requires her to accept this in order to gain independence and respect. The woman according to her society is now a full adult, Beauvoir gives a thorough analysis of the different scenarios or roles that adult woman payout in her life. It is said that women discover of achieves her identity when she marries; this is done through by gaining a husband. This is entirely different for boys, they are not forced, pressured or subjected to marriage. They are welcomed to marry when they are ready and willing. Simone de Beauvoir states in The Second Sex, “the woman’s body is an object to be purchased.” This sentence explain the idea people have toward a women's body, to the world the female form has no value on its own but when she marries this gives her a purpose and value. This idea created the notion that it is ok to give away your daughter for marriage and take a dowry in honor of her new martials …show more content…
Unlike men, women have to handle different aspects of life. There are issues that they need to attend to such as their spouse, family, career, education, health, and raising kids. Women are blessed with the power that enables them to handle numerous women affairs at the same time. Beauvoir argues the reason of woman’s existence is summarized in having children. Also Beauvoir explains the importance of motherhood in the time.
The mother will have a different way of treating the kids. If the child is a girl the mother has to raise her same way she was raised, and control her activities like her own activities were controlled as a girl. It is mother’s responsibility to teach her girls how to become women in the future. Since most women are not satisfied with the situation they have as females, they prefer to have