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Episode #089 ... Simone De Beauvoir - The Second Sex

Philosophize This!

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Femininity Is a Social Construct Not Something Imbued Into Women at Conception

Semon de bauvoir is an existentialist. She doesn't believe in some sort of preordained set of personality traits or essential properties that make you you. Femininity is a social construct, not something imbued into women at conception. Sting reminds me of how people often talk about human nature writ they'll say things like, look at our bloody past.

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