Simone De Beauvoir Once Famously Asserted That "One Is Not

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Multiple Choice

Simone de Beauvoir once famously asserted that "one is not born a woman,but becomes one" to suggest that "women" are created by cultural forces.How might sociobiologists respond to this?

• A)De Beauvoir is correct; the essence of women can be found within all cultures.
• B)De Beauvoir misses that what constitutes a woman is biological as well as cultural.
• C)De Beauvoir fails to show how the category of "woman" is purely an effect of economics.
• D)De Beauvoir is correct because our biology determines our culture.
• E)De Beauvoir does not account for the role of industrialization in creating the category of "woman."

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