Becoming a Woman: Simone de Beauvoir and the Politics of Trans Existence

By Megan Burke

This highly engaging analysis of the contemporary global social and political landscape of trans antagonisms draws specific attention to gender-critical mobilizations of Simone de Beauvoir's account of becoming a woman in The Second Sex to advance and justify trans-exclusionary positions. Through a careful examination and application of Beauvoir's philosophical and political commitments, Becoming a Woman compellingly explores the significance of her notion of becoming not only as affirmative of trans women, but also as an ethical demand to affirm trans possibilities.

More than a reply to gender-critical readings of Beauvoir, this book develops an original, Beauvoirian ethics of gender affirmation that shows why we ought to challenge trans exclusion and anti-trans movements.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509561986
• ISBN13: 9781509561988
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"