Beauvoir The Second Sex Analysis
When defining oppression it is said to be the act of exercising authority or power in an unjust manner. One can be oppressed because of differences such as religious prejudice, class, race and in this case gender. In The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir her main focus is on how men essentially oppress women by characterizing them in any circumstance as the Other, in opposition to men who refer to themselves as the One. Throughout history man is said to be essential. Meanwhile woman is described as inessential, incomplete, and mutilated. Even though it is natural for humans to understand themselves in opposition to others it is faulty when applied to genders. In defining woman exclusively as Other, man is denying her humanity. I support de