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She is a French existentialist philosopher and one of the founders of the feminist movement.
1. Writers. Because of her, the status of women in the world has been promoted, and at the same time, she has also fought for some legal rights for women, such as the legalization of abortion, the right to vote, and so on.
She was Simone de Beauvoir.
Beauvoir emphasized "being herself" all her life, she did not want to be an accessory to others, she did not want to be a humble housewife, and she did not want to be the weak woman who obeyed her orders.
Therefore, she follows her inner voice, has been chasing her ideals, and will never compromise, including sex, to compete for dominance.
She told us with her actions that you have to be yourself in order to achieve a better version of yourself.
If you keep sticking to the rules and conforming to others, you will always be able to live in the light of others.
Not only is life tiring, but life is meaningless.
Beauvoir was born in Paris, France, in 1908 to a middle-class family, her father was a lawyer and her mother was a housewife.
When Beauvoir was 6 years old, when the First World War broke out, her father's work was affected and their lives were in difficulty.
My father often came back drunk and scolded my mother, but my mother could only swallow her anger and did not dare to fight back.
Sometimes, my mother was also depressed and would cry bitterly, but the next day, she continued to take care of the housework as if nothing had happened.
Beauvoir saw it in her eyes, but she silently swore in her heart that she would never be a housewife in the future.
She doesn't want to be entangled in housework, and she doesn't want her life to revolve around her husband and children.
So, she studied hard and devoured a lot of books with a thirst for knowledge, hoping to change her destiny.
At the age of 19, Beauvoir issued a personal "Declaration of Independence", declaring"I will never bend my life to the will of others".
After graduating from high school, she was admitted to college. The family hoped that she could return to the family, get married and have children, but she resolutely refused.
At that time, the status of women was very low, and their greatest achievement was to raise their husbands and children at home. Therefore, the family did not want Beauvoir to continue studying.
However, Beauvoir proved herself with her actions, and she can still be herself without relying on others. So, she started working and studying part-time to complete her studies.
When Beauvoir was in college, she met a man who influenced her life - Sartre.
They are identical in their thinking, and the two are very compatible, each with their own unique views in the field of philosophy. After going back and forth, the two soon fell in love.
They would share their essays with each other for correction, so the two of them made rapid progress in their studies.
Although their philosophies are aligned, there is a rift in their relationship. Neither of them is physically satisfied, in other words, sexually unpleasant.
So, they proposed to "break up sex", and the two maintained a spiritual relationship, but did not interfere with each other's private lives.
Together, they exchange academics, exchange emotions, and even swap their respective sexual partners. They feel that this kind of free love is the best for them.
This is their free love.
Beauvoir has hated men's arrogance since she was a child, and women have always been passive, even in sex, she feels that women should not just passively let others merry, but should seize the initiative.
So, her sexual partners are not only men, but also women.
In 1949, Beauvoir published The Second Sex. As soon as the book was published, it was cold, and Beauvoir was personally attacked.
In the book, Beauvoir lists various reasons why women are oppressed, and she feels that women should be themselves, not blindly be accessories to men, and not think that women will only have children.
So,Men criticize her, oneA person who has never had a child is not qualified to talk about having children.
Beauvoir also returned with a beautiful counterattack:Men are not women, but that has never stopped them from talking about women.
The next year, "The Second Sex" suddenly exploded, perhaps because it poked the hearts of countless women. In the past, they dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, but now there is finally a person who stands up for them, so they have stood up and spoken out for women's rights.
Finally, under Beauvoir's leadership, the ranks of women's rights grew stronger and stronger, and the voices advocating equality between men and women became louder and louder, and gradually, women regained their right to vote, abortion restrictions were lifted, and they could legally take birth control pills, etc.
After the Second Sex became popular, Beauvoir published the second volume of The Second Sex, and later published The Romance of Celebrities and Gentlemen, which made her more and more famous, even more famous than Sartre.
After that, Beauvoir and Sartre were invited to many countries to preach philosophy, calling for equality between men and women, and establishing her position in the literary world.
People used to say this about her:Beauvoir's reputation in the United States is very high, far surpassing that of Sartre. She opened a door for women all over the world, and her "Second Sex" changed the fate of hundreds of millions of people around the world. ”
In fact, Beauvoir was just listening to her inner voice and being herself from beginning to end. Even if she is scolded by thousands of people, "lesbian", "sexual greed", and "adulteress", it cannot change her original intention.
Under the wave of feudal society in the first half of the last century, Beauvoir was able to ignore the eyes of the world, challenge the world, and played a leading role in the rise of women.
In today's society, how many people can truly be themselves?
We are carried by the tide of the times, urged to marry by our parents, and then we find someone to live with in a mess.
Then, to make milk powder money, tuition, tutoring classes, and various modes of fighting dad and mom continue to roll up in the circle of friends, so we have to work hard and make money. is either struggling in firewood, rice, oil and salt, or holding on the road with the baby, and he has long lost himself.
Why is it hard to be yourself?
Because ideals cannot support reality, it is easy for people to succumb to the established framework and think that the world is like this, and I can only be like this. If you have money, you can be yourself, and if you don't have money, you can only look up to others.
Beauvoir, on the other hand, encouraged herself, she saidYou have to be yourself, don't chase the goals imposed on you by the outside world, don't blindly follow the established framework of society, what suits you is right, and that's it. ”
So, she did.
Yes, to be yourself, you must dare to face your inner voice, don't chase the footsteps of others, and no matter how others knock on the side, you can't disrupt your own rhythm.
In this way, you can drive normally on your own track.
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