Reader Response: Simone De Beauvoir “Women: Myth and Reality The essay “Woman: Myth and Reality”, written by Simone De Beauvoir, in my understanding, provides an excuse as to why men believe women are not equal to them. The concept of the ‘Eternal Feminine’ myth has no basis or concrete grounds for existence. Women are said to be ‘mysterious’ because they are not like man. Is this because we do not look like men? If so, …showed first 75 words of 1080 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1080 total…perhaps it is because man has a slight twinge of fear that women just might be better than him. Which is undoubtedly untrue. Women are no different from men; therefore they should be treated as an equal instead of a subordinate sex. Work Cited 1) De Beauvoir, Simone. “Women, Myth and Reality.” The Second Sex. 1942. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 2) Jacobus, Lee A..A World of Ideas. Sixth Edition. Boston and New York 2002. Bedford/St. Martin’s.