The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

Ep. 234: Beauvoir on Romance in "The Second Sex" (Part Two)

Concluding Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex (1949): "The Woman in Love" and "Myths" with guest <a href="https://www.stlawu.edu/people/jennifer-hansen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jennifer Hansen</a>. We continue on the ailments of women under patriarchy as well as the existential problems that we're all subject to. Are we doomed to isolation, or does existentialism allow for intimacy? Is marriage in "bad faith"? We also talk narcissism, abjection, and the film Marriage Story. Start with <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/01/20/ep234-1-beauvoir-romance/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">part 1</a> or get the <a href="https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/01/20/ep234-beauvoir-romance-citizen/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Citizen Edition</a>. <a href="http://www.partiallyexaminedlife.com/support" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Please support PEL!</a> End song: "Easier than Leaving" by Michaela Anne, interviewed on <a href="http://nakedlyexaminedmusic.com/nem114-michaela-anne/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Nakedly Examined Music #114</a>.

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