De Beauvoir examined women 's subordinate role as the ' Other ' in her book , The Second Sex .
Simone de Beauvoir was a renowned existentialist and one of the principal founders of second - wave feminism .
existentialist   examined women 's subordinate role as the ' Other ' in her book , The Second Sex .
Simone de Beauvoir was a renowned existentialist and one of the principal founders of second - wave feminism .