feminist existentialism Flashcards
What is existentialism?
A branch of philosophical thinking
Human nature?
What does existentialism mean?
Existence precedes essences.
There is no given human nature; we become who we are based on out choices.
Quote for existentialist feminism?
“One is not born, but rather, becomes a woman”
What is ‘bad faith’?
‘Bad faith’ is women’s complicity in their own oppression.
They experience happiness from relinquishing the duty to make consequential choices.
What is the existential ‘situation’?
The ‘situation’ refers to the idea that being a ‘man’ or ‘woman’ depends entirely on social and cultural codes.
man and woman is based on material circumstances.
What is De Beauvoir’s Marxist analysis?
Women’s freedom is radically constrained by societal structures: economy, society and culture.
