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Black MilkIn a milieu such as this de Beauvoir faced deeply rooted prejudices and clichц©s. She wrote and spoke fervently on how women were being БЂњforced to chooseБЂ«between the brain and the body. She was equally critical of those women who had willingly internalized gender inequalities, seeing themselves as inferior to their male counterparts. БЂњEven the lowliest of men sees himself a demi-God when faced with a woman,БЂ«she remarked. Her mind was corrosive, her pen was sharp and her personality was highly contentious. Once she said she found it quite normal that many people among the middle class hated her. БЂњIf it were any other way, I would begin to doubt myself.БЂ«It wasnБЂ™t only Western feminists who questioned the romanticized sacredness of motherhood. In the East, too, there were heated debates. The Japanese feminist movement opened up the term bosei-the natural motherly instinct-for discussion. They put forth the claim that maternal roles were more cultural than natural and biological. Female writers in Japan brought new blood to these debates, questioning gender stereotypes through their fiction ...» |
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