Simone de Beauvoir: Existentialist Heroine

[Adastra14]

i love this woman. love.

[videoclog]

The late Czesław Miłosz described Simone de Beauvoir well: 'A stupid bitch'.

[mickd1337]

I bought a bargain, The Second Sex for 12.95. Unfortunately I will not be able to read it all before presenting about gender in my Anthropology Tutorial next week.

[MsIthinkthereforeIam]

the woman has been bound to reproduce but not to create, to repeat but not to invent. ...... The woman stops to be an object and starts to exist.

[Panzeux]

She refused to marry Sartre so they could take advantage on her young teen students for having sex with them.... This is pathetic.

[idontam]

Crimen Sollicitationis

[usababy949]

All in all, this video is very informative and stimulating, and a great introduction into the workings of Beauvoir, Feminism, Existentialism, and Buddhism. However, we all must avoid generalizations and personal opinions on such matters. To say Beauvoir was the only existentialist to embrace a passionate and joyful attitude towards life is one such extreme generalization. Sartre was known to love life and regarded himself as a happy man, as well as many other existentialists in the world,

[glrcmptn]

i read from deBeauvoir's memoirs that she got the name(castor)beaver from sartre.he thought she was much quicker to understand difficult concepts than he and she was a workhorse.

[corbyworld5]

Yes, she regularly comissioned paintings of herself depicting the sodomizing of small children. Several european queens have been famous for this. Her "second floor theatre" in her home was decorated with her art.

[nickelsT]

Existentialism had its brief moment in the sun in the 1960s. That era is OVER.

[deadgoblin86]

@nickelsT ignorant cunt

[anglinthemtns]

Also women who must become like men outwardly is a type of oppression- to shave ones head to be a spiritual aspirant... but I am sure this nun may be used to it but must do it to remove her feminine beauty. There is something strange in that in itself- women should be women and not locked into a box. Even Muslim women are happy to wear hajib or barka but that is also a type of oppression from religion.

[anglinthemtns]

Although your comparison is good there is still one thing that is not right & that is Beauvoir would stress against religion & as you say was action oriented- the Buddhist nun is not. Also Lord Buddha himself said that a female nun could never attain truth as a male monk. We tend to overlook the sexism that exists in Buddhism by our own interpretation. Lord Buddha himself left behind a wife. Any religion can be oppressive & controlling, therefore our eyes should be open.

[AudreyBoston]

This was pure delight. What a gem on the internet, and what a joy to listen to such a great intellectually gifted woman.

[juliasky89]

who is "frud"? hehe. funny how she pronounces freud like a french person would, when he is german:)

[brainbid]

She reminds me a bit of Ayn Rand.

[sylvestermeow]

It is obvious that the time has come to embrace full liberation for all humans. This film helps us see that.

[drkthms1]

well done, the best post on simone here at youtube

[Joeato057]

Well done! Thanks!

[opensourcebuddhism]

you're welcome!

so sorry the woman who made it desired to remain anonymous. great job for sure.

james

[hertenjoch5]

lol ..............................­. wtf

[Marly61]

Wow, I'm impressed. I perceived a real sense of engagement in her ideas and actions. I will remember this as I engage the play about her life tomorrow in Paris.

[dahlia1980]

She's my hero

[professorfoxtrot]

@dahlia1980 Dick Masterson is my hero.

[mywarmsocks]

I loved it. Thank you. I wish I could have seen all of it though. :(

[bjarczyk]

great post!