simone de Beauvoir

Question 1

sources of opression

Answer 1

men and women are free but men ar subject to nature
men see themselves as the self and nature as the other (women are a part of nature)

Question 2

existentialism

Answer 2

“what is a woman” oppression of women is without a historical starting point

Question 3

women as the embodiment of nature

Answer 3

women are tied to their body (reproductive system)

Question 4

views on the concept of felinity

Answer 4

men creat the feminine myth
essence of femininity has to be a myth as humans have no inherent nature

Question 5

de Beauvoir four stategies to freedom

Answer 5

women must go out to work
become intellectual
exercise their sexuality
economic indepenence

Question 6

what type of feminist?

Answer 6

first wave