The Second Sex
For Beauvoir, the greatest inhibition for women comes from their acquired tendency to see themselves as ‘other’ rather than as a transcendent subject.
Sarah Bakewell • At the Existentialist Café: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Others
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Philosophize This! - Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex
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This is what is called objectifying a person. Simone de Beauvoir would say that when you look at the history of the world, anytime, whether it was a ruthless dictator, an imperialistic regime, anytime people have been enslaved, the party responsible for... See more
Philosophize This! - Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex
💭 MOMENT
This is what is called objectifying a person. Simone de Beauvoir would say that when you look at the history of the world, anytime, whether it was a ruthless dictator, an imperialistic regime, anytime people have been enslaved, the party responsible for... See more
Simone de Beauvoir, in The Second Sex , exposed how women were taught to seek transcendence through being chosen, while men were taught to fear emotional dependence. Feminism questioned not love per se , but the unpaid emotional and physical labour women were expected to offer under the guise of commitment.