What is Simone de Beauvoir suggesting when she says, One is not born a woman?

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Final Answer : Beauvoir is suggesting that to call someone a woman is not just to claim that she is anatomically female, but to project onto her the various socially imposed roles and behaviors that serve as standards for judging women.

What is Simone de Beauvoir suggesting when she says, "One is not born a woman"?

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