Man’s self-realization requires woman’s consent to serve as his crucible.

Evidence

Regardless of the ego looking for itself through her, it can only attain itself if she consents to be his crucible. In any case, what is demanded of her is self-forgetting and love. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 622

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Man needs woman’s confirming gaze to affirm his particular self. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 399; Even voluntary womanly submission requires man acknowledge his need for her — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 503; Woman’s role is to be the mediating consciousness through which man discovers himself — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 614 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Woman’s complicity with male sovereignty arises from her own transcendence #complicates (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 156