http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/simone-de-beauvior Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:29:58 -0400 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:29:58 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/507/the-performance-of-femininity-in-charlotte-perkins-gilmans-herland-and-simone-de-beauviors-second-sex By Hayley Cavataro - Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s novella Herland explores a separatist feminist utopia. Published in 1915, Herland begins when three men – a womanizer, a Southern gentleman fixated on woman as domestic angels, and a narrator who represents a neutral opinion – stumble upon a land inhabited only by females. This nation, dubbed ‘Herland,’ is a highly developed civilization filled with feminine imagery (every tree bears fruit in this fecund land). A utopia of sorts, it’s a land that values progress, peace, and order above all. As the men adjust to their nascent existence... Thu, 07 Apr 2011 09:34 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/507/the-performance-of-femininity-in-charlotte-perkins-gilmans-herland-and-simone-de-beauviors-second-sex