Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir The second sex (Source)  The destroyed women (Source) 1. An historical background of your philosopher-a bio, but more importantly what was happening in his/her time. 2. Discuss the philosopher’s important ideas. 3.  Tell me what reading the original work was like for you-what did you gain personally form the experience? 4.  How does this philosopher inform, influence, or  speak to our current time? 5.  And the most important piece, where does your own thinking merge or not merge with your new friend’s ideas?