Simone de Beauvoir “Why I’m a Feminist”, 1975 (English Subs)

[@ifneeded1]

Such a respectful interview. Really masterful. They both listen until the other person finishes talking and they really take their time, and listen. Geez I wish we had these today...

[@BridgetNakuya]

this is such a mindfuck for a baby feminist like me, wow, such a nice feeling to be listening to a woman from far away yet she seems to understand the issues happening today, just wow.

[@christianntangu7172]

She never practiced any of that read her messages to her companion Jean-Paul Sartre. And see how affectionate she was and submissive

[@SS-zf1tv]

​@@christianntangu7172 Being submissive in bed isn’t the same as being submissive socially and legally. Even Napoleon in his letters to Josephine was a simp. In this vidéo, Beauvoir says a woman should work and be economically independent, she herself worked and was economically independent so she did practice what she preached.

[@naomix7738]

What I got from Simone is: Women need to take matters into their hands step by step together! The change starts with the mothers, who give their daughters as much liberty and encouragement as possible. At this age I would not try to change men but try to reunite women.

[@neilnelmar8007]

She did take things in hand and slept with a number of her students young teenage girls

[@ArkanceloAutore]

This is how you destroy a society. Our women, inshAllah, won't be manipulated by you she-devils.

[@naomix7738]

@@ArkanceloAutore too late lol

[@ArkanceloAutore]

@@naomix7738 You secular, childless university left-overs are dying by the numbers, where we opress the sexuality of our women and grow in numbers. We'll replace you soon. Enjoy your last half-a-century. She-devil.

[@naomix7738]

@@ArkanceloAutore I cant answer you seriously because you got to be a spam, bacteria.

[@lomtlt5017]

Extremely clear a accurate way to answer.

[@vinzelrato]

quelle femme incroyable ! elle fait définitivement partie du patrimoine littéraire français au même titre que Gisèle Halimi, Violette Leduc et tant d'autres

[@ssb1056]

Excellent! I read the Second Sex at 15 and now in my ‘60’s in the US in 2022 women continue to be oppressed.

[@detolerandisstultorum]

Yep, by their own stupidity, a big "cross" to carry each day

[@marciabarreto780]

OMG! I also read it at 15 and I also am amazed at how little things seem to have changed. And there is this weird retrograde movement going on. It is a strange world we live in and it seems to me that it is gonna end without our situation in it being resolved.

[@ItzAnameOk]

Hello. Can you expound on how women are still oppressed today?

[@reezoe164]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mloyo3204]

Back when feminist truly meant feminist

[@artiexus]

Great interview, thank you for the full upload! What I found most interesting was the way she talks about power; on the one hand, she talks about her political project as egalitarian, yet on the other hand she is quite explicit about how she's gunning for power and privilege. Not everyone can win at that game-It seems to me that she just doesn't wanna be on the losing side, which I can understand. But I don't remember a single instance in the interview where she reflects on the human tendency to cruelty, corruption and self-interest which plagues all society, and, dare I say it, women as well as men. She recognises the fact that there is a clear hierarchy and abuse of power even in ostensibly socialist institutions-if the tables were turned, and the second sex became the primary sex, does she expect an absence of exploitation, oppression, and vengeance? I wish I could ask her!

[@thesheldoncooper]

I think patriarchy is not about being male but the person of authority and power. And if the women had this absolute power which now men possess in society, male would have been "The Second Sex". she has mentioned in her book that the sole reason for such outcome is one sex describe the opposite sex from their point of view, describe as other. What she has narrated in her book is an equal opportunity for everyone to express themselves from their subjective view, and not been described as an object from the other's perspective. She in her book has never implied that females are better then males. She want them to be treated equal.

[@artiexus]

@@thesheldoncooper Defining someone else as 'Other', as in, defining them as relative to one's own self rather than on their own terms-this seems to me like a basic feature of human life, rather than something that only men do to women. That's what it means to be selfish-you're important by default, and anyone else is the Other. I can understand the problem with people being selfish; clearly, a functioning society requires some form of self-sacrifice and it would be nice if people were more considerate towards each-other. So, sounds nice, right? Well, she also makes the opposite case in her book. She valorizes exceptional people and laments that there are too few women who lived life for themselves, who were independent, free, and tried to achieve greatness. In other words, forget responsibility to anybody or anything else, and just focus on yourself. That also sounds nice-I certainly wouldn't mind just chilling at home and writing books. But who's going to be out there sacrificing their own happiness to keep the world running? Men are about 10x more likely to die at their job-they make up 97% of workplace deaths. The disparity in workplace deaths has also been pretty much the same for the past few decades, so I don't think it's going to change anytime soon. Do I think that's a good thing? No, but it seems pretty unrealistic to start talking about how we need more equality of opportunity. How many women are going to sign up as loggers and roofers to fulfill this equality dream? Not too many. How many women are going to use whatever method they can to gain more power and privilege in society, even if it means stepping over both other men and women? Quite a few, I'd guess.

[@YuyiLeal]

Very well said! Brilliant!

[@Claunere1]

Hi Andrei. It seems to me that you're coming from a more transcendental or 'spiritual' question. Why are human beings prone to oppression? Why do we need hierarchcy? Is the struggle for power innate to all of us - men and women? So it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman, you will hunger for power and will do anything to keep it in your hands, right? This is an interesting point. You would need to write a book, collect data and statistsics from all around the world and examine world's history, specially Colonialism, Imperialism, Capitalism, Wars, Nazi-Facism, Christianity and other religions' roles for and in power. As you could see, Simone de Beauvoir does not believe in God and her focus was not to answer why we strive for power. She was examining women's 'supposedly inborn nature', roles, and status in our society in relation to men. Later feminists in the 70's in the USA would break up into Radical Feminists and Black Feminists. Nowadays we have many Feminisms and I will stop here otherwise I will never come to a viable conclusion. Suffice to say that Black Feminism in America came up with something called INTERSECTIONALITY of RACE< GENDER< CLASS. They refined Simone De Beauvoir ideas. We cannot analyse our present-day society without taking into consideration the interplay of these three factors throughout history. When you mention jobs that are mostly done by men (loggers and roofers) because undeniably they are stronger than women, that we women wouldn't want equal rights for those jobs - you make a mistake. In my country these are underpaid jobs are done by men (mostly black or mixed-race) who came from the bottom of the social pyramid and who don't have a college degree. Some of these men didn't have a choice. In the first world nations, these jobs are done by blacks, mixed raced people, immigrants - allien or legal. In other words, they're being exploited by Capitalism. These men wouldn't work these jobs if they had been given a chance to go to college and get a degree. That's the core issue here: have a choice and equal opportunities. Women, the poor, the minorities and immigrants don't have a choice or equal opportunities to access education and better-paying jobs. We feminists nowadays are not only advocating equal pay, we're also advocaing equality under the law and in society, opportunity and freedom from these stereotypical visions of women's nature that are established by society as a 'genetic' given. To conclude, I don't see our advocacy is a threat to men working under harsh weather conditions doing heavy manual labor for long hours for such little pay and great risks to their health and lives. I see these men as my brothers. We are under the same oppressive conditions put forward by the elites who actually hold the purse strings of power in our world. We shouldn't be enemies. We should be allies. If the working class understood how exploited they have been and are being subjected to since immorial times, we would give the millionaires and the billionaires a run for their money. If men and women got together to recclaim their rights, we wouldn't be butting heads.

[@thesheldoncooper]

@@Claunere1 well expressed.👏👏

[@StrangeAttractor]

If only she was around to debate Matt Walsh....

[@Reed5016]

Holy shit, yes.

[@elenamuceni5595]

I higly recommend reading the book that she mentions at the beginning by Giannini Belotti: Dalla parte delle bambine/Du côté des petites filles, 1973 (I am afraid it has never been translated into English). It is enlightening and based on empirical observation of kids and their relations to the parents. It a pioneering work in gender studies

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

It sounds terrible, yet unbearably bland and generic.

[@ML85890]

Vidéo tellement précieuse. Elle doit être vue et revue.

[@varvara_varya.]

what a treasure this interview is

[@guts1589]

this interview has been absolutely mind opening. I've never read the second sex, but im getting one for myself now. Im looking forward to reading it.

[@0z0pk]

😆 I'm listening to her, and just noticed this was 1975. Her choice was to not be a wife, a mother, or a man. I believe in feminism, and so did my late husband. We raised girls, and did everything together, from changing diapers to mixing concrete. 2022 there are too many lazy men, I hope her philosophy had nothing to do with this.

[@Ana-mo2vz]

are you a pedo? Because if you say they influence you with their life, well you are not a good person , they abuse students , do you agree with that? She clearly signed for 3 pedo get out of prison. You guys believe in people's love words but their actions are evil and you all still praise them. They weren't Good there were abusers . Wake Up society. Ready Reality

[@cinnamongirl9869]

she was truly ahead of her time!

[@zeiiie9239]

Ce que j'aime c'est que le journaliste POUR LEPOQUE essaie d'être objectif

[@aie_aie_]

Il est incroyablement peu sexiste et respectueux pour l'époque (et même comparé à beaucoup de plateaux télé d'aujourd'hui). Très étonnant.

[@r4fael96]

Queria essa entrevista legendada em português

[@Medietos]

Is it not that the paradigm mosrly enhanced, exaggerated that female mold, since we have differences naturally."

[@Torbinsky]

Of course these fucking misogynistic comments in the video. It seems that they didn’t understand what Simone was talking about. Honestly, it is heart-wrenching

[@humanismnow6456]

TNX

[@sydneysymposia]

9:50 the host almost faints at mention of the word "penis."

[@hani99123]

Yass 😂😂😂😂

[@nskbod]

yes. i dont know if its related to the word of penis but something literally affected him. its funny tho

[@Jide-bq9yf]

At the moment they lose your first name , your immortality is assured .

[@aie_aie_]

Quelle clarté de pensée ! Quelle intelligence ! Elle ne s'en laisse pas compter. Elle s'appuie sur les connaissances en psychologie, l'Histoire, la sociologie,... Toutes les découvertes scientifiques ne font que confirmer ces diagnostics (notamment les techniques de conditionnement à la violence ou à la soumission).

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

Idiotic

[@nightowl6260]

Males continue to control what females "are". They still have the political power, the educational power. The males are in charge of a female person's development. The males limit the expression of the female's potential to complement the males wishes which is that her "role"is to enhance his successes. Females are forced to adapt to the male's demands to take the shape that serves him.

[@divisadero8859]

Educational power? While 90% of teachers are women? While 50% of kids are raised in mother-only households? Political power? When is the last time you heard a politician talk about any men's issue? How are women forced to adapt?

[@edmundtrebus4084]

That's just not true

[@Claunere1]

It seems to me you don't understand what she said. Women dominate the teaching market - that's true but in the end and 'in essence' women are supposed to be housewives and good mothers. Until this day, the majority of medical doctors, scientists, engineers, politicians, lawyers, computer experts are men. Women are taught from their mothers and teachers to be subservient and supportive to men. Our mothers and our teachers, with very few exceptions, reproduce the male-centric view of life. Very few women are aware that they reproduce this system of oppression. Even in 2022, women are supposed to marry and have children. People usually ask women over 40: why are you not married? People usually ask married women who opt to not have children: why do you not have cildren? Our values as humans are tied to these roles. Men's values are tied to their accomplisments and feats in the world. Even nowadays when women don't get married or have children, they're supposed to explain to society why. Hence, as she said they might be viewed ad defective -'monsters'. For women to succeed in any field, they put on a lot of work, they don't have a housewife cooking, cleaning and taking care of the children for them. They also must face a lot of bigotry and obstacles. Women much more than men have to make a choice between family or career. Men rely on women's household chores to advance in their career. Most of them don't need to worry about these things. And we're mostly talking about white women from middle class and upper class. When we include black, indigenous, mixed-race, immigrant, third-world country women, the problem of women realization, actualization and agency becomes more complex or in my humble opinion throws light into this complex status. It's a hierachy. It's a power struggle. Those in power won't give up their power for those who are under their command.

[@Claunere1]

There is no men's issue unless you're a man working underpaid jobs that overworks you and strips you from any rights. Capitalism is an oppressive regime for the working class and the minorities. But if you're on top - that is - if you own the capital and the means and sources of production, you don't have any issue. You're not exploited. You exploit the working class.

[@divisadero8859]

@@Claunere1 You know, almost all ex-feminists I know stopped being feminists when they had sons and finally something clicked in their head and they started to feel empathy towards male part of population as well. That it is not turned on by default is my only explanation to all this oppression porn and woman worsting feminism is throwing around.

[@tshikapatv630]

Merci beaucoup je suis african américain mais j’adore cette dame merci RIP

[@helenicesoares4922]

Ô mulher que fala depressa😲😲😲😲🇧🇷🇧🇷

[@marciabarreto780]

Verdade, eu pensei a mesma coisa, ai coloquei o video pra mais devagar. Voce sabe fazer?

[@helenicesoares4922]

@@marciabarreto780 , normalmente eu reduzo a velocidade, pois, assim, o áudio também vai mais lentamente.

[@marciabarreto780]

@@helenicesoares4922 Pois e.

[@alefantozzi2774]

Es un saco de peroratas de los años 60, en buena hora que se acostaba con Sartre así pudo vender sus panfletos

[@justsaying653]

Please someone, list rights In Europe which a man has and a woman has not.

[@djewelbenz4316]

الانوثة صناعة اجتماعية ...يستحيل ان يحصل ( المجتمع ) على مديح او تقدير اكثر من هذا ...لاشك في قدرة المجتمع على ( الخلق ) ، كي لانقول قدرته على التكييف والقولبة ...لكن ليس الى حد خلق الانوثة والذكورة التي لايضاهيها الا القدرة على خلق السماء والارض والليل والنهار

[@anameliavitte4795]

She's amazing 💕

[@robertortiz-wilson1588]

She absolutely was not.

[@kellieeverts8462]

Miss Simon is old school....something I pointed out in my younger years myself with out seeing the full picture ...but obviously milks guilt easily

[@eirikandrerein7189]

The way she interpret history and culture is wrong, there's no other way to put it, it's plainly wrong. She uses one framework to interpret it all, an ideological framework. Instead of asking why things are the way they are she presupposes the cause.

[@kellieeverts8462]

This has to do with medicine in general....not just against women....and anti colonial trust....meaning weighing up logic against coesion as what is convergence in communites and the best of exchanges...I mean what is positive colonialism are shared trust's....most have No comparison so they define everything with a blind spot

[@kellieeverts8462]

I can give you many examples but I would be canceled out and that is the problem

[@alal2192]

No one knows u dude

[@manunhc1644]

she brought her students to Sarthre's bed after they had passed into her.... Radio Vichy during the war ......... A model????

[@marciamartins1992]

Women get a choice, men do not. Women can choose to be house wives, or and I mean or, go into a career. It's very hard to do both. You need government/ social support no matter which direction you choose to go into. Abortion should be available, and so should welfare, for those who choose to be mothers.

[@JoakimHolmbergFilosofi]

Sure, but to play devils advocate, why would you say men don’t have the same choice. IE to be “home support” or do career?

[@marciabarreto780]

@@JoakimHolmbergFilosofi Sorry but it would be cruel to put babies under man's care. They just aren't nurturing and what is more, don't want the job. The majority, when they want to do it it is just a pretext to do nothing and nothing is what they do.

[@JoakimHolmbergFilosofi]

@@marciabarreto780 alright, not in agreement here - but that’s fine! It’s very much a cultural thing. Here in Sweden the “norm” would be for the mom to stay home with a newborn for the first year, followed by the dad for the second year (or at least 6 months) while mom goes back to work. Then kindergarten. But we do have a solid social system that encourages this. Really don’t see how this would be “cruel” to the baby in anyway. From my cultural perspective it’s important for both parents to be the responsible caretaker from an early age.

[@hugobourgon198]

Some men decided to be house husbands, so yeah we, men, have the choice. There are juste too much men that aren't ready to loose their previleges as de Beauvoir said in the video.

[@marciabarreto780]

@@JoakimHolmbergFilosofi OMG! Sweden, that is not planet earth, honey. You're privileged to live in heaven. I was talking about us little earth dwellers! Yeah, I would almost trust a Swedish guy with a baby.

[@angelach.m.2746]

❤

[@carltornell]

La traduction est vraiment enuyante.

[@kellieeverts8462]

And no one's going to shit on her parade

[@percycesar769]

What about little children? Who is defending them?

[@D_A-G]

Read her letters to Sartre and her autobio, you'll be shocked to see how she did not believe nor practiced what she preached.

[@sofiaryolo801]

Why?😮

[@Ana-mo2vz]

​@@sofiaryolo801are you a pedo? Because if you say they influence you with their life, well you are not a good person , they abuse students , do you agree with that? She clearly signed for 3 pedo get out of prison. You guys believe in people's love words but their actions are evil and you all still praise them. They weren't Good there were abusers . Wake Up society. Ready Reality

[@christianntangu7172]

@@sofiaryolo801 people that never read her will believe anything she said in this interview.

[@SS-zf1tv]

In this video Beauvoir says a woman should work and be economically independent, she herself worked and was economically independent so she did practice what she preached. You're shocked by her love letters cuz they contradict your idea of a man-hating feminist. But she doesn't reject romantic relations with men as explained at 41:28.

[@abdelwahabelnaggar3734]

She does an excellent work explaining her position. I have a question though, she insists that capitalism needs to be dismantled for true women liberation. What system is she suggesting in its stead?

[@marcfran0001]

Simone de Beauvoir was a very interesting woman. She really loved a lot other fellow women... Especially underaged ones... She liked them young, very young... An interesting woman indeed...

[@thelawnranger184]

She's a swimmer, swimming farther and farther away from the shore towards sharks, all the time thinking- what a great swimmer I am.

[@sarabavota]

People still cannot understand how damaging the ideas of this woman had in nowadays society

[@emma-lv7hn]

You are a pick me piece of shit. You are all women and think women are your enemies while you pander for men who hates you.

[@agapee77]

Non mais cette femme est une vraie folle...

[@detolerandisstultorum]

Elle a l'allure de pretresse d'une religion, tres convaincue de ce qu'elle dit, meme si les idees et les exemples sont discutables. Beaucoup d'idees fixes, une sorte de bigotrie moderniste.

[@hugobourgon198]

Ce que dirait une personne d'un culte aux valeurs opposées.

[@alal2192]

Its called facts vladimir😃😂

[@naomix7738]

The whole area of philosophy is "discussible"

[@P4GYY]

when a woman become a philosopher... ooh dear.

[@soaked189]

Dude you have a flag as your profile picture 😂😂😂

[@P4GYY]

@@soaked189 whats wrong with that?

[@mattmunnelly5194]

what does that even mean

[@P4GYY]

@@mattmunnelly5194 its a joke buddy, ifk if u can figure it out yet... Feminism bad.