3. woman is for man a sexual partner, a reproducer, an erotic object—an Other through whom he seeks himself.
4. The Second Sex is a 1949 book by Simone de Beauvoir, a French existentialist. It is often regarded as a major work of feminist philosophy and the starting point of second-wave feminism because it deals with the treatment of women throughout history.
5. Woman's Situation
6. The Others
7. Existentialism:
7.1. Man’s existence defines his essence. A human condition into which man and woman are thrown equally into existence without self definition, they realize their being through their engagement in the world. Freedom, choice, and responsibility. Anxiety, fear, death. Women should engage themselves
8. Men are seen as normal, where women are seen as the opposite, defined by certain lacks of qualities.
9. Male Rationality Culture Mind, soul the role of men is to be pater familias and govern society, female body, nature, emotions the role of women is to bear and rear children.
10. According to traditional understanding back to ancient philosophy, the male is the rational being, while the female deviates from the male.
11. The Point of View of Historical Materialism
12. Men take a role as "self" or "subject" while women are given role as "object" or "other"
13. Man asserts himself as subject and free being, the idea of the others arises
14. Women cannot be viewed solely as sexual organisms, because only those biological traits with interests have concrete value in action.
15. The term other is used to distinguish the female's secomdary position in society
16. The word "man" is used to described humanity and man defined woman as relative to himself
17. Being thesecond sex implies that woman is seen as “the sex”.
18. Therefore emphasis on women’s body, sexuality .
19. The male is seen as the one, as “man” and related to his cognitive capaties The female is the other, the lesser All that is differenct, negative
