"One is not born, but rather becomes,a woman"
This is one of the famous quotes of Simone de Beauvoir, a french writer and philosopher born in 1908 in a bourgeois family. Her life, philosophy and literary works were discussed in the podcast I listened to by two professors of french from british universities. They were talking about her early life when she attended catholic school because of her mothers's beliefs, but later at the age of 14 decided that she was an atheist. The professors also recalled how she became friends and then lovers with Jean Paul Sartre and eventually how she developed as an existencialist and feminist writer.
It was interesting to listen about Simone de Beauvoir's life, since I only briefly heard about her before. It was also an educative experience to discover other people's philosophies and ways they understand the world and life in general.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j5ncn
