Autonomy-seeking women often remain heterosexual rather than lesbian

Evidence

It should be noted, however, that the most willful and domineering women seldom hesitate to confront the male: the woman considered “virile” is often clearly heterosexual. She does not want to renounce her claims as a human being; but she has no intention of mutilating her femininity either; she chooses to enter the masculine world, even to annex it for herself. Her robust sensuality has no fear of male roughness; she has fewer defenses to overcome than the timid virgin in finding joy in a man’s body. A rude and animal nature will not feel the humiliation of coitus; an intellectual with an intrepid mind will challenge it; sure of herself and in a fighting mood, a woman will gladly engage in a duel she is sure to win. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1041

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges the stereotype that ‘virile’ or domineering women must be lesbians — inverts a common reductive equation, distinguishing desire for male vassalage from partner choice. — connects to: Gender nonconformity in work leads women to reject heterosexuality as a draining performance — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1042; Heterosexual interdependence makes both sexes invested in sexist arrangements; Romantic interdependence makes both sexes invested in preserving gender hierarchy (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Heterosexual interdependence makes both sexes invested in sexist arrangements #corroborates (0.85)
• Romantic interdependence makes both sexes invested in preserving gender hierarchy #corroborates (0.85)