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Full Idea
One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.
Gist of Idea
One is not born, but rather becomes a woman
Source
Simone de Beauvoir (The Second Sex [1952], p.301 (or 267)), quoted by Kevin Aho - Existentialism: an introduction 2 'Phenomenology'
Book Ref
Aho,Kevin: 'Existentialism: an introduction' [Polity 2014], p.31
A Reaction
This has become the principle idea in modern discussions of gender. It divides gender from sex, rather as Locke divided person from human being. It is an abstraction. It is part of the Hegelian-Marxist idea that persons are moulded by culture.
| 22530 | Both women and children should be educated, as this contributes to a city's excellence [Aristotle] |
| 21083 | Women have no role in politics [Kant] |
| 21006 | If women share rights with men, they will exhibit similar virtues [Wollstonecraft] |
| 22785 | Even educated women are unsuited to science, philosophy, art and government [Hegel] |
| 20746 | One is not born, but rather becomes a woman [Beauvoir] |
| 21012 | Women are often treated like children, and not respected for their choices [Nussbaum] |
| 21125 | Liberals must respect family freedom - but families are the great oppressors of women [Nussbaum] |
| 23428 | Difference feminists say women differ fundamentally from men [Dobson] |
| 20751 | As a young girl assumes her status as feminine, she acts in a more fragile immobile way [Young,IM] |
| 20551 | Men have had the power to structure all of our social institutions [Swift] |