simonE DEBEAuvoir’s work grEAtly inFluEnCEDBEtty FriEDAn’s--inDEED, mADE it possiBlE. why, thEn, wAs it FriEDAn who BECAmE thE prophEt oF womEn’s EmAnCipAtion in thE unitED stAtEs politiCAl ConDitions, As wEll As A CErtAin Anti-intEllECtuAl BiAs, prEpArEDAmEriCAns AnD thEAmEriCAn mEDiA to BEttEr rECEivE FriEDAn’s DErADiCAlizED AnD highly prAgmAtiC thE FEmininE mystiquE, puBlishED in 1963, thAnBEAuvoir’s thEorEtiCAl rEADing oF womEn’s situAtion in thE sEConD sEx. in i953 whEn thE sEConD sEx First AppEArED in trAnslAtion in thE unitED stAtEs, thE Country hAD EntErED thE silEnt, FEArFul FortrEss oF thE AntiCommunist mCCArthy yEArs (1950--1954), AnDBEAuvoir wAs suspECtED oF mArxist sympAthiEs.EvEn thE nAtion, A gEnErAlly liBErAl mAgAzinE, wArnED its rEADErs AgAinst "CErtAin politiCAl lEAnings" oF thE Author. opEn ACknowlEDgEmEnt oF thE ExistEnCE oF womEn’s opprEssion wAs too rADiCAl For thE unitED stAtEs in thE FiFtiEs, AnDBEAuvoir’s ConClusion, thAt ChAngE in womEn’s EConomiC ConDition, though insuFFiCiEnt By itsElF, "rEmAins timE BAsiC FACtor" in improving womEn’s situAtion, wAs pArtiCulArly unACCEptABlE.
it CAn BE inFErrED From thE pAssAgE thAt whiCh oF thE Following is not A FACtor in thE ExplAnAtion oF why thE FEmininE mystiquE wAs rECEivED morE positivEly in thE unitED stAtEs thAn wAs thE sEConD sEx
A、By 1963 politiCAl ConDitions in thE unitED stAtEs hAD ChAngED、
B．FriEDAn’s Book wAs lEss intEllECtuAl AnD ABstrACt thAnBEAuvoir’s
C、rEADErs DiD not rECognizE thE powErFul inFluEnCE oFBEAuvoir’s Book on FriEDAn’s iDEAs.
D．FriEDAn’s ApproACh to thE issuE oF womEn’s EmAnCipAtion wAs lEss rADiCAl thAnBEAuvior’s.