The Ideas and Ideals that Define a Life: Simone de Beauvoir and Carmen da Silva

This article examines the theoretical relationship between the existential principles in The Second Sex, written in 1949 by Simone de Beauvoir, and the political experience of Carmen da Silva. They are two experiences in the constitution of feminism in quite distinct ethical-political situations.

Simone de Beauvoir; Carmen da Silva; Reproductive Rights; Gender policies; authoritarian advance