"Different times, different customs." Simone de de Beauvoir was a feminist, but a 'feminist' according to the normal social attitudes of the times. In today's

"Different times, different customs." Simone de de Beauvoir was a feminist, but a 'feminist' according to the normal social attitudes of the times. In today's world, 80 years later, her beliefs and attitudes from the 1940s would probably not be considered excessively 'feminist' in comparison to the 'now-normal' beliefs and attitudes of the 2020s. Nevertheless, without those 'feminists' from the 1940s-1970s as front-runners, we would not have the feminist beliefs and attitudes of the 2020s that we have today.