the reason of existence

many womanists who raised the subject of the woman inferiority to men, they see it from only one side. they see woman as related to her social roles, and to her relation man-woman.but, Simone De Beauvoir emphasized the necessity of the woman `s self understanding as abstract object, as opposed to any roles or relations in any conventional system.
the women oppression is transfered through history, religion, myth, system, and before all through the man`s transcendence. that male dominance is the responsible for her inferiority, not her self as a being. what was needed was the reason of existence for the woman.

Simone De Beauvoir writes about women being in existence only because of men. Women are considered "the other", only put in this world to aid men. Man is considered the "subject" and women are placed to be by their side and nothing more. They are "incomplete" and could never be "complete" because they are women and therefore should just deal with the role they are given.

The Secondary Sex

In "The Second Sex" women are either seen as obsticales to men of object of their lustful desires. In men a man's world woman are secondary creatures and at times we are not even that. As Simone de Beauvoir says we are seen as " Others". She even refers to how women are seen as living their lives through the dreams of men. For example greek myths that men imagined up. Men as the virile creatures, like Zeus that run everything and woman even in these stories are secondary charachters just as in life. Since men are contradictory creatures and they dream both "a life and to repose", and intern woman manifest as men's contradictory dreams.

Women's Equality

If most men think women are their pleasure, so do women think men are their pleasure too. I don’t think because of this, men started to exploit women’s rights. Think back of thousands years ago, there were countless wars happened. Losers became slaves and winners became kings. Darwin’s “Survival of the fittest” works best in the wars. Men started to consider women’s inferiority of lack of masculine power to battle. However, when the wars were less and less, the more rapidly civilization grew. Men and women’s mind underwent change because they saw the new civilization. Women gradually allowed to work outside and educated in public school because men started to think women’s ability to assist them for a better life. Woman began not to afraid to disobey men. They debated with men with rational and undeniable facts that they were exploited by men. If men were irrational, women would never get their equality. NO, women were no longer inferior to men. The fact is a woman can easily kill a man by pulling a trigger. Men also realized this. So they accept that they should accept women’s equality.

The Second Sex

Beauvoir had some concrete questions and analytical situations where she was trying to solidify the feminine aspect that the world may have. She brought up the fact that God did not even create a woman independently. God made Eve out of the same clay that Adam was made out of and none the less, Adam was created first. Many of the times women are put second due to cultural norms. But you realize many cultures practice the same thing. The unity and diversity of religion seems like a place to start this "Division of the sexes".
An interesting part of this excerpt was about virginity. Many cultures see virginity as the girl being "pure", "clean", and " untouched" but Marco Polo stated that the Tibetans denied virgins because they see it as a disadvantage that no man was aroused by it. Did the men just want some one who they thought was able to arouse them and someone to love? It seemed like men thought as women as pleasurable toys but didn't realize the torment women would go through.
Although men act tough and like they are superior to men, they do care about the opinion of a woman. I agree with Brandon when he said that women are the soul supporters of men. Although men may criticize how women react to a situation or decipher facts, they do take everything into consideration.

The Second Sex

In reading Simon De Beauvois, women are not only viewed as the secondary inhabitants below men who walk the Earth, but also as the secondary inhabitant whom somewhat has the upper hand over man. Speaking around the time period that The Second Sex was published (1949), women were viewed as to dependants to their male superior. Women are either obstacles that men have to overcome, or are submissive to a mans want, need or will. Women on the social ladder were placed below men. If you unfold the wrapping, in my opinion I think women are the soul supporters of men. Women should be placed besed to men on the social ladder. Today, women are even placed above men on the social ladder. Without women, men wouldn't have any possession of "happiness and triumph" (pg. 315). Women are the soul supporters of men. They are able to share an opinion, or give adice that's very different from a male perspective. Men tne to trust the opinion and advice from women. This is an establishment of power that women have over men, or should I say only one of their empowerments.

The Scarlet Letter

Hester's experience with the Scarlet A seems quite similar to the relationship between the main character in "The Yellow Wallpaper" and the figures she imagined were in the wallpaper. While both the Scarlet A and the wallpaper originated as symbols confinement for the characters, eventually, they were able to transform the signs into positive symbols that represented their identities. Hence, Hester did not leave Massachusetts's, instead she attempted to integrate the Scarlet A into her experiences and memories.