The Woman in LoveSimone de Beauvoir, author of the novel The Second Sex, was a writer and philosopher as well as a political and feminist activist. She was born in 1908 in Paris, France, to an upper-middle-class family. Although as a child Beauvoir was extremely religious, mainly due to her mother's training as well as her upbringing, at the age of fourteen she decided that there was no God and remained an atheist until at his death. While attending graduate school, she met Jean Paul Sartre who encouraged her to write a book. In 1949, she wrote her most popular book, The Second Sex. This book will become a powerful guide for modern feminism. Before writing this book, de Beauvoir did not believe herself to be a feminist. Originally, she believed that "women were largely responsible for their own circumstances." Eventually, her perspective changed and she began to believe that people were actually products of their upbringing. Simone de Beauvoir died in Paris in 1986 at the age of 78. The Woman in Love, a section taken from Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, describes her theories about men and women in love and the vast differences and purposes for which they believe love is intended. . This book was published in 1949, and it is in this light that we can understand how she describes women as the weaker sex and how dependent women are on men. At the beginning of the text, she declares that "The word 'love' does not at all have the same meaning for the two sexes, and this is the source of the serious misunderstandings which separate them... love is not than an occupation in man's life. for the man, while for the woman, it is life itself (683). This first quote from this chapter is important because it really describes what she's about to happen throughout... middle of document...... depends on a man to live and be happy and successful. I think that those who are in love can have their relationship and both value love as much as the other, without devoting their entire existence to it. I think it is also possible that a man values ​​love as much as a woman, maybe not in all cases but in some cases. So I think Simone de Beauvoir makes some excellent points, but I don't think most of her points have value in today's society. Works cited by Beauvoir, Simone. “The woman in love.” The Second Sex. New York: Vintage Books, 1989. . Print. “Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.” Beauvoir, Simone de []. Np, and Web. April 28, 2014. “Simone de Beauvoir”. Simone de Beauvoir. Np, and Web. April 28. 2014. .