de Beauvoir

• Socialisation

  Women socialised to do and be what is perceived to be a woman.

  Rejected the idea that girls are born with an innate nurturing character, but are taught it.

  Motherhood a way of turning women into slaves.
• 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman'
• 'Otherness'

  Women the 'Other' sex.

  Men perceived as the norm.

  Creates a sense of inferiority which women have accepted and further compounds a subordinate position.
• Human Nature

  Gendered differences are not natural but created by men.
• Society

  Gendered differences and roles are pervasive and contribute to the domination of men.
• State

  The state must provide childcare, equal education and opportunity along with contraception and abortion services to liberate women.
• Economy

  Men dominate economic life which limits opportunities for women.