1) I can see a great amount of similarities between Simon de Beauvoir’s essay and the recent article by Lisa Belkin called, ‘The Way We Live Now’. I brought up the point in my last blog that I don’t agree with Belkin’s point that woman are succeeding only because men are failing. Beauvoir has a very similar statement, ‘ They (women) have gained only what men have been willing to grant; they have taken nothing, they have only received’. Both writers have similar styles in that they don’t give many props to their own gender.
2)Box 3: “If a woman has a special gift–which doesn’t happen often–I do not think it right to reuse her the chance and means of studying…[but] such a case must always be regarded just as an exception”(Richter)
Reworded: If the rare situation of a woman having a special gift comes up, don’t deny her means to achieve. Just consider it a one-time thing, not a regular achievement.
