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(French journal, founded by Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice Merleau-Ponty.)  \n❖ “For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman”-Opens such !”  \n❖ “There are not, nor have there been inhuman history, two \"first\"—or equal—sexes.”  \nTranslations  \nThe first English translation of The Second Sex, 1953 was done by H.M. Parshley , An American zoologist and professor at Smith College.  \nCrux  \n❖Women have been historically constructed as the \"Other\" in patriarchal societies.  \n❖She examines the roles assigned to women biologically, psychoanalytically, historically, and culturally.  \n❖She critiqued how women’s oppression is reinforced by social structures, myths, and literature.   \nInfluential Figures  \n❖ Frederick Engels completed volume 2 of Das Kapital after Marx's death, and wrote The Origin of the Family, Private Property, and the State in 1884.  \n❖His work is the basis for much of the history in The Second Sex.  \nFacts and myths  \nThe first, \"Facts and Myths,\" has an \"Introduction\"and three parts.  \n1. Biological Data  \n❖Differences between male and female bodies  \n❖Critiques using biology to justify inequality  \n“Biology is not enough to define woman.”  \nFacts and myths  \n2. The Psychoanalytic Point of View  \n❖ Critique of Freudian theories  \n❖ Rejection of Oedipus complex as universals  \n3. The Point of View of Historical Materialism  \n❖ Marxist analysis: women’s status tied to modes of production.  \n❖ women's work and her society's economic structure determine identity  \n“The division of labor was atthe origin of woman’s oppression.”  \nLived Experience  \nThe title of Volume 2 is Lived Experience-has  \nfour parts.  \n❖Formative Years,  \n❖Situation,  \n❖ Justifications  \n❖Toward Liberation.  \n\"One is not born, but rather becomes awoman.\"  \n❖ This means womanhood is socially constructed, not biologically predetermined","cbCaihIJOUsq0rPJ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihIJOUsq0rPJ","pdf",608066,64,"English","# Day 5: Literary Criticism\n## Simone de Beauvoir\n## The Second Sex\n## Facts and Myths\n## Lived Experience","[{\"question\":\"Who is Simone de Beauvoir, according to the notes?\",\"answer\":\"Simone de Beauvoir is presented as one of the most prominent French existentialist philosophers and writers.\"},{\"question\":\"What is The Second Sex, and how is it organized?\",\"answer\":\"The Second Sex is described as a major work published in two volumes in 1949. 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