Simone de Beauvoir: Resistance to male stereotypes of beauty can mean greater equality. Narrated by Harry Shearer. Scripted by Nigel Warburton. From the BBC Radio 4 series - A History of Ideas. A History of Ideas is a new radio series about life's big questions, with Melvyn Bragg chairing discussions about beauty, freedom and justice (among other things). http://www.bbc.co.uk/historyofideas This project is made in partnership with The Open University and the animations were created by Cognitive.