"One is not #born, but rather becomes, a #woman. No #biological, #psychological, or #economic destiny defines the figure that the #human #female acquires in #society; it is #civilization as a whole that develops this product, intermediate between female and #eunuch, which one calls #feminine. Only the mediation of another can establish an #individual as an #Other. In so far as he exists for himself, the #child would not be able to understand himself as sexually differentiated. In #girls as in #boys the #body is first of all the radiation of a #subjectivity, the instrument that accomplishes the comprehension of the world: it is through the eyes, the hands, and not through the sexual parts that children apprehend the universe."

—Simone de #Beauvoir, philosopher and social theorist, in The Second Sex (1949)

Just my favorite Second Wave feminist, shattering the entire concept of the gender binary and "biological womanhood" in one masterful swoop.

#trans #transgender #genderCritical #GenderCriticalsAreFascists #genderBinary #transRightsAreHumanRights #theSecondSex #SimoneDeBeauvoir #sex #adultHumanFemale #psychology #sociology #philosophy #feminism #secondWaveFeminism

Much of the anti-trans movement relies on a philosophical notion that “woman” = “Adult Human Female”.

This paper shows that this is logically false.

“Women are not adult human females”. (You can read the paper by clicking on the ‘PhilArchive’ button near the top).

Share with your #TERF/#GC friends!

#AdultHumanFemale #Philosophy #Logic #ModalLogic

https://philpapers.org/rec/MASWAN-2