Simone de Beauvoir The Second Sex | Male Assertions of Female Inferiority | Philosophy Core Concepts

[@antonialombo9316]

I am currently using these videos for my IB philosophy class, very useful thank you!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@tindraakerlind9748]

same!!!

[@deepquake9]

I have listened to a few of your lectures for contemporary art class. I have not thanked you until now. You are wonderful. Thank you!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@chriswalker7632]

In a social media context at least (yeh, probably a low bar...) I have found it useful to discuss men's and women's issues in terms of men - as soldiers - returning from a war zone with PTSD (for a example Charlie Sheen's character with the 'thousand yard stare' at the end of the film 'Platoon') and women in terms of women's experiences of abusive relationships with men. By useful, I mean talking to men and women on social media. I find it respects stereotypical positions many men and women can find themselves in the real world - for example men (perhaps anti-feminists) could argue men have automatic enlistment to the army, while women (perhaps feminists) could argue men have superiority by the fact of their size and strength. Both male and female situations I guess resulting in PTSD symptoms such as 'anxiety' (for example the increased 'startle responses' of both male soldiers with PTSD and women who have experienced violent relationships with men). I focused initially on anxiety mainly as a result of neuroscience evidence of the apparent sexual dimorphism in a brain area, the 'BNST', that was apparently correletd with people identifying as 'transgender' - as it was something I was researching (conscious of evidence of the failings of 'conversion therapies'). But later also approached 'anxiety' using philosophy, such as an existential perspective. All this stuff I am still learning about as I am in no way an expert. But whether men and women themselves - who could be opposed to each other over social media - view things through the lens I have come to use, I couldn't say?

[@GregoryBSadler]

I think that's a well-developed, realistic point of view

[@amyzaharia1133]

Does de Beauvoir theorize on how this inferiority originally arose? Or does she just explain why so many male explanations are wrong/prejudiced?

[@GregoryBSadler]

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[@divisadero8859]

I am more interested in where those guys who think women are inferior exist. I havent met one my whole life.

[@mokimoki0433]

@@divisadero8859 Honestly, it's everywhere. There may not be a guy who explicitly states that he thinks women are inferior but society has been conditioned in a way where women are still seen as 'the Other', like Beauvoir states. Women constantly need to try ten times harder than men to achieve the same levels of success and admiration, simply because they are, well, women.

[@divisadero8859]

@@mokimoki0433 Well, such statement is too vague for me to imagine something behind it. My life experience is that in some cases it was much easier, in other as you say harder. That is not the point. Feminists lie or in best case speak only half of the truth. And good example of society being a bit gynocentric is exactly that. It would take you in most cases 5 minutes to discover that lies, but criticizing feminism means criticizing women and that is big no no in our society. Even though those two are not the same at all. If there was a movement that really did what feminism declares to do, I would be instantly a member.

[@elia8544]

@@divisadero8859what lies are you talking about?

[@awokenhunter791]

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