Bova's most important work is The Second Sex, which is regarded as the "Bible" of the feminist movement. According to the book, except for the natural physiological gender, all the "feminization" characteristics of women are caused by society: "Women are not born, but gradually formed ... If they become adolescence, sometimes even from early infancy, it seems to us that her sexual characteristics have already been decided, not because some mysterious instinct directly doomed her to be passive, spoiled and rich. So she was taught from an early age to fulfill the mission of women. So are men. This is the most important point of this book. The book suggests that women are weak because of poor physical strength. When life requires physical strength, women will feel weak and fear freedom. Men fix women's inferior status by law, but women are still willing to obey. She disagreed with Engels that the transition from matriarchal clan society to paternal clan society meant that men regained power, while women never gained power in history, even in matriarchal clan society. She believes that the real liberation of women must be given the right to choose their children freely and be over-neutralized. The English version of her book is very popular in the United States, which has played a great role in the feminist movement since the 1960s.

Personality assessment

Former French President Mitterrand called her "the most outstanding writer in France and even in the world";

Jacques Chirac, another former French president, said in a speech: "Her involvement in literature represents some kind of ideological movement and marks the characteristics of our society in a period. Her undoubted talent made her the most famous writer in the history of French literature. "

1April, 986 14, simone de beauvoir's death caused repercussions all over the world. Various reputations have come and gone. At that time, Ma Erkai, then general secretary of the French * * * Production Party, made a particularly profound remark: "Beauvoir is far from agreeing with all the views of the * * * Production Party, and her argument with us is unwavering, but I would like to pay tribute to her on behalf of all the French * * * Production Party party member, because she always represents an important moment in the development of our social progress thought."