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From the header of the article: "Gender and sexuality" "Simone de Beauvoir’s relationship with her readers was a mutually demanding collaboration." I do love
by ReactiveJelly 6y ago
From the header of the article:
"Gender and sexuality"
"Simone de Beauvoir’s relationship with her readers was a mutually demanding collaboration."
I do love talking about gender and sexuality. I just don't know who Simone de Beauvoir is. The headline is about Simone, not about gender or feminism.
It's like if there was a biography of Steve Klabnik. He's got something to do with Rust. I'd love to talk about Rust. I don't have any useful opinion on Steve himself.
- wombatmobile 6y agoWhat do you love about talking about gender and sexuality? Would you consider than any part of your interest has anything to do with your lived experience as a gendered human? If not, then I can understand the analogy you enjoin when you draw a line between Rust and Steve Klabnik. Nobody has to know anything about Steve Klabnik to be able to parse Rust or a syntax guide to Rust. Feminism is different when you consider that each of us experiences the world through a gender lens, particularly when you consider that many of us are unaware that the lens exists and occludes our vision as well as forms it. How do people of a gender you don't share experience the world? I'm not sure how you'd know until you listened to them describe their lived experience. In the case of Beauvoir, you are fortunate. Her life bridges a gap between pre-feminism and post-feminist worlds. If you love talking about gender and sexuality, Beauvoir's life is fertile grounds for many interesting conversations you may enjoy with other people of all genders for the rest of your life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdTNr1-y-c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTdTNr1-y-c