An Interpretation Of Simone De Beavoir's Existentialism Of Women

Simone de Beauvoir is one of the most famous forerunners of contemporary feminism. Through her outstanding writing and living, she fully illustrated the charm of the Existentialism's Feminism fundamentally founded by herself. In The Second Sex, she made use of the method of Existentialism Ethics to analyze women' s existing circumstances. By revealing the myth of women being the Other, Beauvoir expected women to recognize clearly that the obstacle confining their freedom can be eradicated. Therefore, this thesis ,basing itself on the philosophical thought expressed in The Second Sex and The Ethics of Ambiguity, expounds philosophically her Existentialism of females and explores how women were changed into "the Other" .Making " freedom " as the clue and the circumstances of females as the center, this essay , from the philosophical origin, profoundly unveils the reason that females are not free and puts forward the suggestion of liberating the women by constructing harmonious bisexual relation. First of all, this essay interprets Beauvoir's thought of freedom .For Beauvoir, freedom is an ego choice, a kind of transcendence;human, as an unfinished project, attains his nature in the continuous action .And the ambiguity of freedom offers the action for the impetus of pursuit At the same time, because a person's freedom is based on other's freedom, the mutual effect of freedom is the best way to solve conflict of consciousness. Beauvoir' s understanding to freedom established the basis of the analysis of females' existing situation. Secondly, starting from females'freedom situation, the essay expounds the notion and characteristics of the Other, and points out that it is the product of patriarchal civilization. Finally, from two angles: being-in-itself and being-for-itself, deceive;the thesis sets forth the philosophical origin why females are not free. Therefore, for the sake of women's freedom, and also for the sake of liberating mankind, we must construct the harmonious bisexual relation, and deconstruct sexual occupation.Attaching the method of social gender analysis to importance, combining the method of compare and literature cite, the thesis tries to research females' existing situation at the base of inheriting and absorbing Chinese and foreign theoretical achievement.