Concreteness and Contraception

Beauvoir’s Second Sex and the Affordable Care Act

Authors

  • Katie Lane Kirkland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33043/S.8.1.47-53

Keywords:

philosophy, beauvoir, affordable care act, contraception, sex, gender

Abstract

In this paper, I analyze Simone de Beauvoir’s goals for women expressed in The Second Sex and compare these goals to the opportunities created by the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate. Though the contraceptive mandate advances Beauvoir’s goal of concrete equality by supporting economic independence and recognizing women’s sexual freedom, there are social and political limitations to these advancements.

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Published

2015-04-18

How to Cite

Kirkland, K. L. (2015). Concreteness and Contraception: Beauvoir’s Second Sex and the Affordable Care Act. Stance: An International Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 8(1), 47–53. https://doi.org/10.33043/S.8.1.47-53

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