Feminists in History · 08. May 2020

Transcript by Gabrielle Dubois of a 1975 television interview #8 Question: You say it would help them think. But they’ve been so conditioned by traditional images of woman and mother which are now ingrained in most adults, which have been integrated into their way of thinking, that it seems like the main problem is how to get women to see themselves with new eyes. That would be a starting point but it hasn’t happened yet. Simone de Beauvoir: Some of them see themselves with new eyes. But...

Feminists in History · 04. May 2020

Transcript by Gabrielle Dubois of a 1975 television interview #6 Question: You mentioned the letters and responses to The Second Sex. When it first came out, even if it wasn’t seen as a militant work, it was an intellectual scandal for a lot of people. How was The Second Sex received? Simone de Beauvoir: In France, the backbiting went wild. Many men were extremely outraged. Even men whom I thought were left wing, liberal, egalitarian, were upset by this book. Question: Because it challenged...

Feminists in History · 02. May 2020

A 1975 French television interview, transcript by Gabrielle Dubois #5 Question: You say it’s not productive, but many women listening to us believe that raising their children, succeeding in that very difficult task of preparing the next generation to do their best ― it’s basically women who do this job ― and other little things like creating a nice home and family environment, that all of that doesn’t count… Simone de Beauvoir: I didn’t say it didn’t count, I said it is not...