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More than 60 years later, Beauvoir’s text continues to invite more questions than it resolves. Turning the final page, the reader is left wondering: Does sexual difference exist? If so, is it natural or artificial? Should it be exalted or condemned? Must the hierarchy of masculine and feminine be nullified, and, if so, by what paradigm can it be replaced? Is the cultivation of a new model of gender, beyond the binary of male and female, possible? Or can gender only be overcome when female becomes male—when sexual difference ceases to serve...
Beauvoir’s “The Second Sex” has since succumbed to obsolescence. New paradigms, denying the structuring of sexual difference as a binary opposition, claim to relegate Beauvoir’s text to a realm of secondary importance. Yet, even if Beauvoir never unequivocally answered the question she posed, she provided the terms of a debate which remains intensely contested. As Beauvoir’s tombstone turns 24, her legacy—whether fully or pseudo feminist—commands our continued attention...
Fagan cited national trends that show decreasing sexual activity among young people, which he said gave reason for optimism. He expressed support for groups like True Love Revolution and encouraged them to frame the debate and use social science resources at Harvard to acquire data to advance their arguments...
...study also demonstrates how sexual violence can be used as a tool to ignite terror...
...study offers several key recommendations to help ameliorate the situation in the Congo, including ensuring quality care is available for women, working to reduce sexual violence, and building on the legal and justice initiative taken to date...