Freedom’s triumph requires men and women to affirm their shared humanity beyond natural differences

Evidence

Within the given world, it is up to man to make the reign of freedom triumph; to carry off this supreme victory, men and women must, among other things and beyond their natural differentiations, unequivocally affirm their brotherhood. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1983

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes the existentialist commitment to freedom as the supreme value, consistent with Beauvoir’s whole framework of transcendence over immanence. — connects to: True happiness requires a freedom neither gender currently possesses; Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144; Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women
• SEED: The word ‘brotherhood’ — a gendered term for a supposedly universal solidarity — could seed an essay on how Beauvoir’s own vocabulary betrays the very problem she diagnoses.

Broader Connections

• Individual freedom is achieved only through the freedom of others #expands (0.82) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 144
• Freedom for men requires ending the subjugation of women #exemplifies (0.78)