Nina Simone

In Simone de Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex”, she explains how women are encouraged to behave like a woman solely for the entertainment for men. She explains how “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” in her work which shows that women are constructed by society’s norms which shapes them into a woman. These external processors change her into an ideal doll. Her claim is completely accurate because throughout history and till this day, women have been expected to act a certain way and live up…

presidential election since then. The act of suppressing votes, from both party lines, infringes upon the most fundamental American right; the right to vote in those who will speak on our behalf. It also brings up in interesting existentialist dilemma. Simone de Beauvoir believed that humanity can only ascertain its freedom if others choose it as well. IN the case of voter suppression, because others have denied the freedom to vote, it implies that there is no true freedom to choose.…

Existentialism is a philosophy that the choices individual makes should be responsible for it and should accept their own act without consent of other people. Its beliefs are centred on the idea of finding the meaning of life through different choices and situations. In the view of existentialist, this world is meaningless and absurd. It is the way that let external factor affect us that determine who we are. As individuals we have freedom to make our own choices and that’s what life's all…

Feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes. While the Feminist Movement is important in the present day, the play written in 1947 by Tennessee Williams became known for its portrayal of the dynamics between men and women. In the play, Streetcar Named Desire, feminism plays the main role. Taking place after the second world war, the men of this play assume that they have more power than women. While, in reality, the women have the same or greater strength…

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…

throughout history has determined perceptions of what is a man and what’s a women. Considering this, there’s built in differences between the two, at the same time both categories are organized as completely unalike allowing gender presentations. Simone de Beauvoir argued that otherness is a core…

Existentialism “A philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent determining their own development through acts of the will.” –Internet meaning Existentialism is the idea that a man lives due to his free will and individuality. That every human define their own meaning in life. It also tackles what is human existence and that human defines their own meaning of life. This idea believes that there is no God, or any higher…

in Paris, France and died on April 15, 1980 at the age of 74 although making a huge impact in 20th century philosophy. He was well known for being an existentialist because of some of his works and concepts. He was in a very open relationship with Simone de Beuvoir who was a prominent feminist and the writer of The Second Sex. They challenged both the social assumption and the conformity in 20th century society. Jean-Paul Sartre theories and concepts were heavily influenced by a number of…

Michael Retta April 6, 2015 PHIL 120W In some sense, the ideas presented in Sartre’s outline of existentialism are the starting point of Beauvoir’s exploration of what it means to be woman. Before you can define, differentiate or reconcile what it means to be man or woman, you must first understand what it means to exist. Sartre believes that we all struggle from authenticity. He also believes we suffer from bad faith. Bad Faith is often called lying to oneself, self deception, or denying to…

Women are still taught to shrink themselves. In the U.SA., women earn more college and graduate degrees than men do putting women in the workforce but not ahead in a workforce (Lisa wade). Why is it that when you go to jobs people always look for the lead man that is in charge but not women? Because leadership positions are exclusive to women, there are few females at the top of a business to provide mentorship to a new generation of women leaders. Sexuality is still looked down upon, not…