Fernanda Canofre
Global Voices Online
Who’s afraid of Simone de Beauvoir? How a national exam had millions of Brazilians talking about gender.
Brazil’s standardized test included an excerpt from the French philosopher book, “The Second Sex.” Then all hell broke loose, including numerous attempts to sabotage the French intellectual’s Wikipedia page.
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