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Existentialist Feminism

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Existentialist Feminism Second Wave Feminism Patriarchy Critique +1

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir (1949)

A foundational work of modern feminism that deeply analyzes women's status and situation in society, proposing the famous viewpoint that 'one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.'

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Re-reading the Second Sex: Theorizing the Situation

Elaine Stavro • August 1, 2000

This essay re-evaluates Simone de Beauvoir's philosophical contributions in The Second Sex, particularly her theorization of the concept of 'situation.' Stavro argues that Beauvoir was not merely a follower of Sartre but critically transformed existentialism through embodied, situated subjectivity, establishing a unique foundation for feminist theory.

Existentialist Feminism Feminist Theory Feminist Philosophy +2

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Throwing Like a Girl: A Phenomenology of Feminine Body Comportment Motility and Spatiality

Iris Marion Young • January 1, 1980

This groundbreaking 1980 essay analyzes the particularity of feminine bodily experience through a phenomenological lens. Young combines Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of the body with de Beauvoir's existentialist feminism to explore how patriarchal society shapes women's bodily comportment, movement patterns, and spatial perception, revealing how gendered bodily experience limits women's agency and self-realization.

Phenomenological Feminism Body Politics Gender Socialization +3

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