O corpo e o feminino em Simone de Beauvoir

Abstract

This dissertation offers a philosophical analysis of the body and the feminine through the lens of Simone de Beauvoir’s work, especially The Second Sex, in dialogue with existentialist tradition and feminist critique. Based on the understanding that the female body has historically been constructed as an object of domination, the study explores how Beauvoir's philosophy conceives the body as a condition of being-in-the-world — a space of ambiguity and potentiality. By engaging with key concepts such as transcendence, immanence, bad faith, and freedom, the dissertation examines how Beauvoir challenges the patriarchal structures that define women as the Other. The research also incorporates contemporary perspectives — such as Jacques Derrida’s deconstruction, Michelle Perrot’s historiographical critique, and Hélène Moura’s ontopolitical analysis — to deepen the philosophical discussion. Grounded in a philosophy of life, this work is committed to ethical responsibility, the emancipation of the feminine subject, and the critique of gendered naturalization. Ultimately, it reaffirms the urgency of resisting discourses that silence women and asserts female existence as situated freedom.