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TheSecondSex（LeDeuxièmeSexe）SimonedebeauvoirOutline1.Briefintroduction2.Influence•PreviousfeminineresearchesItwaspublishedin1949Mainideasofthebook1.Basedonexistencialism2.Womenasthesecondsex3.Thesecondsexasderivedfromthefirstsex.WomenhavebeendefinedassecondarytomenwhohavebeenseenastheprimarysexPartOneDestinyPartTwoHistoryPartThreeMythsVolume1DestinyBiologicalDataThePsychoanalyticalPointofViewThePointofViewofHistoricalMaterialismItisthelonghistoricalinsignificancethatdetermineswomen’sinferiorityHistoryMythEverlastingDisappointmentOfWomenAnalysisOfFiveMenwritersMen’sMythAboutWomanVolume2(4parts)1.formativeyearsChildhoodThegirlSexualinitiationThelesbianFemalecastrationcomplexreject2.SituationThemarriedwomenThemotherSociallifeProstitutionandhetaerasFrommaturitytooldageWoman’ssituationandcharacterWomenhavetoworkfortheirliberation3.JustificationsNarcissistThewomeninloveThemysticUnrealrelationwithrealbeingOrArealrelationwithanunrealToaffirmthemselves4.TowardliberationTheindependentwomanSomewomenwhoareindependent:EmilyBronte,Woolf.•Everyonehasthe‘Self’,butinordertoconfirmitsexistence,theyneedacontrast.•Whydidwomenbecomethesecondsexandlandinthepositionoftheother?Beauvoir’sexplanation：•Thedivisionofconsciousnessin“self”and“other”•Selfdefinesitselfbydemarcatingitselfagainstanother•Selfhasmorepowerandcan“other”theotherone,puthim/herinthepositionoftheother•Individualsandsocietydothistowomen•Shecallsformutualrecognitionandrespect•Menandwomenshouldworktogether•Menandwomenshouldrespecteachotherasequal,althoughtherearedifferencesInfluencethe“bible”womenStartingpointofsecond-wavefeminismInspiringsubsequentargumentsagainstpsychoanalysis“oneisnotborn,butratherbecomes,awoman”Translationversions1953ByH.M.Parshley2009ByConstanceBordeandMalovany-ChevalierThankyou!!!