Simone de Beauvoir by María María Acha
Novelist and essayist. Symbol of the protesting women, militant of the feminist movement. Intellectual and romantic companion of the philosopher Jean Paul Sartre. Among her writings, “The Second Sex” (1949), an analysis that made her the cornerstone of feminism, stands out. It examines, from historical, social and philosophical perspectives, the alienation of woman. In it, Beauvoir demonstrates that feminine inferiority is not natural but a social construction, affirms the equality of the sexes and invites women to emancipate themselves through independence, particularly economic.
