Beauvoir holds that Other-encounter need not end in conflict but can achieve authentic ambiguity.

Evidence

So while it is true that historically women and men have not been able to enjoy such harmonious relationships, there is nothing inherent in their being that precludes such relationships. For Beauvoir, it is clear that the encounter with the Other is problematic, that one puts oneself at risk. But the outcome is not necessarily confl ict. Rather, it can be an authentic achievement of ambiguity. — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 114

Categorization

• XREF: Contrasts directly with Sartre’s pessimism in Being and Nothingness where the Other-as-Look is fundamentally a threat to freedom; this is ammunition for the influence-direction debate. — connects to: Beauvoir held that human ambiguity is constitutive, not a problem to solve — Sarah Bakewell, At the Existentialist Café: Freedom,…, 718; Beauvoir held that every Self-Other duality inevitably breeds conflict — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre: The Riddle of…, 265; Facing ambiguity honestly is the source of strength to act — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 4
• QUESTION: The ‘authentic achievement of ambiguity’ formulation is distinctly Beauvoirian — worth chasing whether this diverges from anything in Sartre’s late ethics.

Broader Connections

• Beauvoir held that every Self-Other duality inevitably breeds conflict #contradicts (0.95) — Christine Daigle, Jacob Golomb (eds.), Beauvoir and Sartre, 265
• Facing ambiguity honestly is the source of strength to act #expands (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 4