Martin Luther King and Simone De Beauvoir have few things in common; King being a prominent Baptist Minister and activist in the African American Civil Rights Movement and Beauvoir being an advocate for feministic philosophers and feminist theories. While it seems like they would come from opposite ends of any spectrum and lived overlapping lives in time, their biggest collective commonality was that they both were face with oppressions in their time. Simone du Beauvoir being faced with being a woman and wanting to achieve more than what was thought allowed for her at that time, or King, wanting white people to accept black as their equal, wanting equal rights for all colors. They were both a radical in their generation, but both wanted more
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Beauvoir understands that there was no real reason for women to be seen as subordinate. It has progressed over thousands of years. Men are physically larger and naturally more aggressive and that may be the only role that’s a plays a part in a woman being deemed as less; physical stature. Woman usually have taken over the nurturing roles as seen over time, nurses during WW2 and secretarial pools in the work space (easier to control).Were woman just pushed down rungs on a ladder while men moved up them? Then what about King? A respected Baptist minister should surely get respect; but he was a black man. Segregation comes from black people being deemed as less, being sold off like livestock and then forced to become slaves for the white people; just because of the color of their skin. While I believe that you can also be oppressed and have some advantages for different parts of yourself, your personality, I believe that king was oppressed for being black but was probably idolized for being such a prominent speaker and a respected clergyman in his community. Beauvoir would have also been oppressed for being a woman, but might be given some advantages for the same reason, such as she wasn’t drafted for any wars like the men
Beauvoir understands that there was no real reason for women to be seen as subordinate. It has progressed over thousands of years. Men are physically larger and naturally more aggressive and that may be the only role that’s a plays a part in a woman being deemed as less; physical stature. Woman usually have taken over the nurturing roles as seen over time, nurses during WW2 and secretarial pools in the work space (easier to control).Were woman just pushed down rungs on a ladder while men moved up them? Then what about King? A respected Baptist minister should surely get respect; but he was a black man. Segregation comes from black people being deemed as less, being sold off like livestock and then forced to become slaves for the white people; just because of the color of their skin. While I believe that you can also be oppressed and have some advantages for different parts of yourself, your personality, I believe that king was oppressed for being black but was probably idolized for being such a prominent speaker and a respected clergyman in his community. Beauvoir would have also been oppressed for being a woman, but might be given some advantages for the same reason, such as she wasn’t drafted for any wars like the men