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| Sexuality: Sexuality refers to the physical, romantic, or emotional attraction of an individual to other individuals. It is influenced by genes, hormones, and environmental experiences. It encompasses reproductive anatomy, mating strategies, and sexual orientations. See also Gender._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Simone de Beauvoir on Sexuality - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 297 Sexuality/Beauvoir: According to Beauvoir, there is basically a conflict between individual and genus in every biological species. The lower the species, the more the genus and the compulsion to reproduce, the higher the species, the more individualized the individual specimens. In the human species, this conflict takes on dramatic traits and asymmetrically determines the male and female sex. While men can subordinate sexuality to their individuality, women, due to their biological constitution, are subordinated to the genus, carrying a "hostile element within them [...]: the species that feeds on them" (1). Since human existence basically means being able to put oneself in a relationship to one's own nature, the starting position of women is determined to a greater extent by their biology, but nevertheless it is not already determined. >Gender, >Gender roles, >Sex differences/Psychology, >Culture, >Cultural tradition, >Culture shift, >Body. 1. Simone de Beauvoir, Le deuxième sexe, Paris 1949. Dt.: Simone de Beauvoir, Das andere Geschlecht. Sitte und Sexus der Frau, Reinbek 2005 (zuerst 1951), S. 55 Friederike Kuster, „Simone de Beauvoir, Das andere Geschlecht (1949)“ in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Beauvoir, Simone de Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-28