Jealousy that targets the wrong rivals constricts the woman’s dependence further.

Evidence

Being both arrogant and anxious, the woman is often constantly jealous but wrongly so: Juliette Drouet had pangs of suspicion toward all the women who came near Hugo, only forgetting to fear Léonie Biard, who was his mistress for eight years. When unsure, every woman is a rival and a danger. Love kills friendship insofar as the woman in love encloses herself in the universe of the loved man; jealousy exasperates her solitude, thus constricting her dependence even more. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1880

Categorization

• SHARE: The Hugo/Drouet/Biard anecdote—jealousy missing the true rival for eight years—is a lovely concrete nugget for a literary-minded friend.
• XREF: connects to: The woman’s perpetual complaint expresses dependence, since she holds others responsible for her lot — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1748; Married women’s jealousy often masks dissatisfaction by inventing a rival — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1297; Woman’s dependence is interiorized while man’s is only external. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1370

Broader Connections

• Married women’s jealousy often masks dissatisfaction by inventing a rival #expands (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1297
• Woman’s dependence is interiorized while man’s is only external. #complicates (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1370