In hindsight
Author
Faculty Advisor
Date
2025
Keywords
The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir, core concepts, Student Research Day, oppression of women, patriarchy
Abstract (summary)
This essay was written for Dr. Alain Beauclair’s Philosophy 333 course- Sex and Sexuality. The assignment was an explication paper, meaning my job was to choose one of the preselected passages from the readings and to, well, explicate it for myself. I chose The Second Sex because Simone de Beauvoir’s writing and philosophies were extremely striking and began to redefine how I understand the world just from the preface. This essay is ten pages of my best attempt to flesh out some of the core concepts she covers as I understand them. Primarily, being subjectivity, the Other, recognition, and how Beauvoir demonstrates the way that delicate framework was desecrated to facilitate and maintain the oppression of women and the patriarchy. I also apply and analyze her philosophies under a modern-day context because I believe it’s important to demonstrate for readers what does or does not hold up, and why.
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Presented on April 23, 2026, at Student Research Day, held at MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB.
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