Girls’ early fears of sexuality often crystallize into a refusal of marriage

Evidence

Fantasies, acting out, childish tragedies, false enthusiasms, strange things: the reason must be sought not in a mysterious feminine soul but in the child’s situation. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 712 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: In Freudian terms a girl’s sexual development can stall into frigidity or homosexuality.; Mistrust of adults about sexuality magnifies a girl’s fear of childbirth — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 717; Girls develop psychosomatic illnesses as an unconscious exit from marriage (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Girls develop psychosomatic illnesses as an unconscious exit from marriage #expands (0.85)
• Marriage anxieties trigger neuroses far more often in girls than men #expands (0.75)
• Girls’ symptoms arise from their situation rather than a mysterious feminine soul #expands (0.70) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 712