Erotic Ambivalence in Beauvoir’s Student Diaries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21636907 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dana Rognlie (0000-0003-2324-8474, Old Dominion University https://dx.doi.org/6042 Norfolk, VA USA), Ellie Anderson (0000-0001-7676-6510, Pomona College Claremont, CA USA), Megan Burke (Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA USA) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 242-264 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-18 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Simone de Beauvoir Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-2042 • E-ISSN: 2589-7616 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/25897616-bja10104 |
| OpenAlex | W4405653331 |
| Language | EN |
This article challenges Margaret E. Simons’s claim that Sartre forced himself on Beauvoir on October 15, 1929. We argue that Diary of a Philosophy Student: Volume 3, 1926–30 depicts the young Beauvoir struggling with conflicting feelings about marriage, sexual desire, and gender roles. Highlighting early reflections on “the woman in love,” we suggest that Beauvoir’s diary discloses gendered harm but not sexual violation. We name this harm erotic ambivalence and find it central to The Second Sex
Ambivalence · Feeling · Harm · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Psychology · Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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