In this heartfelt letter to Simone de Beauvoir, the writer expresses deep admiration for her groundbreaking work The Second Sex. They reflect on how Beauvoir’s ideas shattered traditional beliefs about women’s inferiority and exposed gender inequality as a product of social conditioning, not biology. Quoting her iconic line, “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,” the writer acknowledges how societal expectations shape and limit women’s identities.
