“If You Are Truly on the Left”:
Simone de Beauvoir never clearly resolves how she anticipates the socialist and gender struggle will interrelate. Although at one time she claims that a socialist revolution will “automatically resolve” gender inequality, at other junctures she argues that a separate, independent gender-fo...
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2026
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Simone de Beauvoir never clearly resolves how she anticipates the socialist and gender struggle will interrelate. Although at one time she claims that a socialist revolution will “automatically resolve” gender inequality, at other junctures she argues that a separate, independent gender-focused struggle is required. In this article I demonstrate how Beauvoir’s interactions with and critiques of Betty Friedan’s U.S. liberal feminism offer a rich resource for distilling the interrelation of Beauvoir’s socialist and feminist commitments. Specifically, in dialogue with Friedan, Beauvoir announces that rejecting hierarchy and power is the necessary condition for achieving gender equality. Not only does Beauvoir argue that hierarchy and power ensure gender equality cannot be achieved within (otherwise promising) socialist struggles, she also proposes novel solutions that disrupt the distribution of labour on hierarchical gendered and generational lines.
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