"When I was tormented by what was happening in the world, it was the world I wanted to change, not the place I had in it." 0:59:00
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This quote and many others from Simone Beauvoir were very inspiring to many women. The woman in the film talked very highly of how inspiring all her books were to them. Especially the women who grew up with people in their lives with anti-feminist ideologies. The topics she wrote about were very interesting and inspiring to me. I thought it was different how she put it in terms of how social forces determined things that women are “supposed” to do, and it wasn’t determined by biology as many people back then thought. Also, the idea is that women can be at a disadvantage due to their biology, but biology can be overcome. Something else that was talked about a lot throughout the film that relates to this quote is that Simone learned that the world is contingent, and it could fall apart but she looked at the world as something she didn’t want to just write about but eat. Meaning that she looked at life with a lot of enthusiasm. All the women seemed very inspired by her stories and the lessons they taught them about feminism and not allowing themselves to feel like they are living their lives through their husbands. The woman also talked about how she taught them that she didn’t achieve the idea of an independent woman. Still, she made her life into a project without contradictions that ultimately made her achieve the aim of being independent. I wonder if she was still alive in today’s society, what she would be writing about women’s lives.
I love the quote you used and how you tie it into the societal construct with the biology of woman. She plays a very powerful roll in how woman contribute and view themselves in society. I do also wonder what she would be saying about our society now in 2023, and I'm curious on how she would write about life today.
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