Woman As Other Stephanie Beauvoir Analysis

The author Simone de Beauvoir is a woman that discusses the instances of women being oppressed through history in the story "Woman as Other". She talks about how men have been able to maintain dominant roles in virtually all cultures because women have resigned themselves to, instead of rebelling against, their assigned subordinate status. The author states that men fundamentally oppress women by characterizing them, on every level, as the Other, defined exclusively in opposition to men. Throughout the history, man has been given the role of the self-sufficient. In the other hand, a woman has been always characterized as the object of other. The author considers that the woman’s psychological self is socially constructed. Even in today’s 21st
century we still find in some cultures where the woman it completely dependent on her family decisions. The author talks how the woman is more like a slave of the man. Unfortunately, the two sexes have never shared the world in equality. The gender inequality is a problem that affects the family relationship. For some woman getting marry and having children means putting her career goals on hold. The woman is seeing as the responsible person for raising the children and doing the house chores while the husband goes to work. In some situations, even if the woman works she still responsible for the household chores and the kids. I believe that as a woman we need to change the way we think about ourselves. A woman is more than a wife, mother or sister, is a human being that is confident, caring, independent, and brave. It is important to start breaking the stereotypes that have been around for years about the woman being worth less than a man just because of the sex. A woman can be successful and also a good wife that love and takes care of her family if she gets the right support in her life.