EJIRO IKEGU

In contemporary times, one of the fundamental and most trending problems confronting philosophers and social scientists has been the problem of sex discriminations. Over the years, there have been heated debates among scholars and between the two sexes (male and female) over the argument of male’s discriminations against women in almost all areas of human endeavours. This argument is puts in the form of gender bias. Groups of individuals have divided themselves on this issue. On the one hand, some scholars have continued to argue that there is no discrimination discriminated against by the mail counterpart. Feminism is being approached from different strands and perspectives; some approach feminism from the academic perspective, to others, feminism is approach from the economic perspective, to the others, it is view from the family perspective and to the others, it is approach from the social perspective. It was in the light of this debate that Simone de Beauvoir came into the debate. She joined members of the Social Feminist Movement by advocating for the liberation of the women and calling for equality between the two sexes in the society. Beauvoir frowned against what she perceived to be social discrimination against the women within social milieu. This work therefore is critically examination of Simone de Beauvoir’s idea of feminism with a view to show the strengths and weaknesses in her idea of feminism.