• This month’s reading: Introduction to De Beauvoir’s The Second Sex
• For links to online versions of the texts, reading guides, and other resources, please view the shared Google site
• Meets every fourth Monday of each month, from 7-8:30 pm, via Zoom
• Open to adults and older teens aged 16+.
  

It has become a common gotcha to demand that someone define ‘woman’ and then mock anyone who insists that doing so is not so simple. However, within the first few pages of her  1949 book The Second Sex, Simone de Beauvoir defends a few reasons it isn’t so simple: we can’t simply  say that a woman is someone with particular biological features, nor can we look to some essential feminine nature. Join us for a discussion of this influential text! You might be shocked at how relevant and contemporary de Beauvoir sounds.

This group meets monthly to discuss a classic short work of philosophy or an excerpt from a longer work.

Participants read the work prior to our meeting, and together we explore the meaning of the text and the value it offers us. All participants are welcome, including those who are unable to read the entire selection before the meeting.

Sessions are facilitated by Dawn Jacobs and other graduate students of the Philosophy Outreach Program of Colorado at CU Boulder (POPCO). Facilitators will focus on encouraging and guiding a group discussion/learning event rather than on teaching.

Attend the Program

(Event limited to 24 participants) You will receive the Zoom information for the meeting after registration. Please email the facilitator if you can’t find the Zoom info; they’ll get back to you right away. If you have trouble viewing the form, please open in a separate window.