Convention-based marriage cannot reliably generate love or lifelong sexual satisfaction

Evidence

To claim that a union founded on convention has much chance of engendering love is hypocritical; to ask two spouses bound by practical, social, and moral ties to satisfy each other sexually for their whole lives is pure absurdity. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1191

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: Parallel to the immodesty piece’s theme that social institutions impose rigid norms on bodies that resist them.
• XREF: connects to: Sexual technique alone cannot produce desire within marriage’s constraints. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1160; Marriage as an institution, not the individuals in it, causes conjugal misery. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1368; Marriage transforms partners from erotically charged Others into the Same — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1193 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Marriage as an institution, not the individuals in it, causes conjugal misery. #qualifies (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1368
• Marriage transforms partners from erotically charged Others into the Same #expands (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1193
• Loose social conventions undermine our capacity to make credible long-term commitments #complicates (0.72)