Blocked from action, women turn to self-expression as a means of self-assertion

Evidence

Living on the margin of the masculine world, she does not grasp it in its universal guise but through a particular vision; for her it is not a group of implements and concepts but a source of feelings and emotions; she is interested in the qualities of things inasmuch as they are gratuitous and secret; taking on a negative attitude, one of refusal, she does not lose herself in the real: she protests against it, with words; she looks for the image of her soul in nature, she abandons herself to her reveries, she wants to reach her being: she is doomed to failure; she can only recover it in the realm of imagination. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1942 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

It is only when the oppressed find the oppressor out and become involved in the organized struggle for their liberation that they begin to believe in themselves. This discovery cannot be purely intellectual but must involve action; nor can it be limited to mere activism, but must include serious reflection: only then will it be a praxis. — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 162 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Deprived of action, women express themselves through fanatical defense of inherited causes — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1743; Women’s tears function as magic, alibi, and protest born of powerlessness — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1750; A confined woman reshapes her own life story into destiny through inner dialogue (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Marginalized position pushes women to seek self-realization in imagination rather than action #corroborates (0.92) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1942
• Self-belief arrives only through organized struggle combining action and reflection #complicates (0.85) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 162