Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvouir: Why I am a Feminist

Simone de Beauvoir talks in her first interview on TV about the role in which women found themselves. She argues that 'woman' is a social construct that has to do with the historical fight for power. Males - physically stronger - would make sure at every step of the way during the history of human kind to keep the power. Be it by refusing education, financial independence, equal salary etc to women. De Beauvoir argues that women are not naturally feminist and the depth at which this social construct of modest, submissive 'women', prevented women from revolting. It was an emotional blackmail that kept them quiet - it is important to bring up children. 

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Interview recorded in 1975
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6hmVO7t_Bs