A book review of " The second sex"

The book that I believe played a revolutionary role in history and triggered a continuous thinking process is the extensive, scholarly study, written in 1946 by French existentialist novelist and feminist Simone de Beauvoir i.e. Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex). This book as a matter of fact not only sparked the feminist movement but also became one of the most important books of the twentieth century. Beauvoir philosophically analyzed female oppression in The Second Sex where she says that women are fundamentally characterized by ambiguity and conflict. According to Simone de Beauvoir, woman is the “other” not only to men but also often to herself, an alien thing that is not quite human and has been reduced as a secondary gender by almost all the societies.
Beauvoir insightfully examines female biology and sexuality, myths relating to the female gender as a mother, a lesbian, a prostitute, and, ultimately, the liberated woman.
The author draws parallels between the situation of women and that of other oppressed groups such as the African-Americans and the Jews. It is believed that the African-American writer Richard Wright provided De Beauvoir with the theoretical model of oppression that she used in The Second Sex. She notes that it was men who created values, traditions, and religions. Therefore, male prejudices rather than any inborn defects in women have resulted in the dishonored position of females in society.
The Second Sex became a foundation for activist writers such as Betty Freidan and Kate millet. In the 1980s and 90s, authors such as Judith butler further built on her work. This glorious and genuinely revolutionary book began as an exceptional woman's attempt to find out who and what she was.
The book had an enormous impact on the women's movement, throughout the world, but especially in France, where women were not given the vote until 1945.