Simone De Beauvoirs the Second sex

[NeverendingR]

Does anyone know how Simone De Beauvoirs book 'The Second Sex' relates to her life in any way? I was told it does but I'm not sure how. Anyone know anything about her life and career?

[Word Butcher]

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/secondsex/

[brionon]

I think she was Jean Paul Sartres lover. {another barmy french filosofer}

[Drusilla1S]

This site may help if you scroll past the book and read the interviews and biography that follow.

http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm