Blog #15 (De Beauvoir)

Society has a tremendous amount of power over the way people think and live their lives, because people care so much about other people’s opinions. De Beauvoir explains that society has a greater impact on the way that women are and act as opposed to that just being the way that women act. It is funny because I feel that that is the way that society still is today. Although it is not necessarily directed completely at women, but it is interesting to see that society had and still does have a large influence and still has a tendency to control the way people act. De Beauvoir sees the tension that has been placed between men and women because of society and she is trying to inform both men and women about what society is doing, and how society is portraying women in general. This Eternal feminine myth about women is on going and in a way gives men almost a reason to miss treat women, they use this on going myth as an excuse. I enjoyed this reading and really understood what De Beauvoir was getting at. I understand that society is extremely influencing and it is not hard to see how this myth has been going on for so long. One thing that is sad to hear although true is the fact that men have used this myth as an explanation for their abusive behavior toward women. I think that De Beauvoir did a great job addressing these issues, and I think that she explained it in a really simple and effective way.