...no claim to be accorded human respect and dignity. As Simone de Beauvoir put it over 40 years ago: 'A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. . . . Representation of the world, like the world itself,...

...would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say: "I am a...by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically...

...finds — to her own surprise — that to "face the question: what is a woman?" she has to declare: " 'I am a woman'; on this truth must be based all further discussion."14 Declaring "I am a woman," Beauvoir implicitly recognizes something important about the...

...never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male.2 But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say: "I am a...by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically...

...women exist, because she cannot doubt that she exists. She must, if she wishes to affirm her existence, "first of all say: I am a woman; on this truth must be based all further discussion" (SS xxi, emphasis added). Her existential certainty, however, is riddled with problems. For once Beauvoir...

...never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male.3 But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say: "I am a...by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine ana feminine are used symmetrically...

...man would never set out to write a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say: 'I am a...by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically...

...Nevertheless, gender remains the central focus of my work. Like Simone de Beauvoir, I believe that "if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say 'I am a woman'; on this truth must be based all further discussions" (de Beauvoir, 1949, p1 5). I write here of women - of women's experiences and oppressions,...

...appears not as men's view of women. but in impersonal and general terms. De Beauvoir describes it thus: A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically...

...would never get the notion of writing a book on the peculiar situation of the human male. But if I wish to define myself, I must first of all say: "I am a...by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man. The terms masculine and feminine are used symmetrically...