Becoming a Woman

Auteur

Megan Burke is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Sonoma State University and the author of When Time Warps.

Texte du rabat

This highly engaging analysis of the contemporary, global social and political landscape of trans antagonisms draws specific attention to "gender-critical" mobilizations of Simone de Beauvoir's account of becoming a woman in The Second Sex to advance and justify trans exclusionary positions. Through a careful examination and application of Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman compellingly explores the significance of her notion of becoming as not only affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities. More than a reply to gender-critical readings of Beauvoir, this book develops an original, Beauvoirian ethics of gender affirmation offering that show why we ought to challenge trans exclusion and anti-trans movements.

Contenu

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Trans Antagonisms and Beauvoir

Chapter One: Becoming a Woman

Chapter Two: On Females and Women

Chapter Three: An Ethics of Gender Affirmation

Conclusion: Bad Faith and Feminism

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