That's a surprising comment. As a lifelong unflinching atheist who criticised the institution of marriage and thought that religion oppressed women, I wouldn't

That's a surprising comment. As a lifelong unflinching atheist who criticised the institution of marriage and thought that religion oppressed women, I wouldn't have said de Beauvoir provides much for Catholics to relate to. Unless you meant it as a joke, i.e. if more people read de Beauvoir, there'd be fewer Catholics. Could you elaborate?