Abstract
The existentialist philosopher, Simone De Beauvoir, in her prominent book, The Second Sex, states that “one is not born, but rather becomes a woman.” (Beauvoir, 2011). This statement is built upon the idea that woman; or rather sexuality/gender performance is a social product resulting from society and physiological training. The term ‘woman’ is the aforementioned phrase alludes to the romanticized version of woman as perceived by the society. So, rather than being inherent, womanhood is something that a woman strives to achieve in order to become ideal. In the light of such statement, this paper aims to dismantle the notion that sexuality is a natural phenomenon by exploring Zeenuth Futehally’s Zohra, a novel set during the pre-partition period, and involving characters from aristocracy class, and also to represent how gender ideology prevalent in West affected the gender ideology in India.
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