Men’s contradictory demand makes woman simultaneously servant and sorceress

Evidence

Man’s double demand condemns woman to duplicity: he wants the woman to be his own and yet to remain foreign to him; he imagines her as servant and sorceress at the same time. But he admits publicly only to the former desire; the latter is a deceitful demand hidden in the depths of his heart and flesh; it goes against morality and society; it is evil like the Other, like rebel Nature, like the “bad woman.” — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 406

Categorization

• DEFINE: Articulates the double-standard structure that defines woman’s situation as duplicitous — central to Beauvoir’s analysis of the Other.
• XREF: connects to: Man’s liberator fantasy depends on keeping woman in a state of bondage — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 398; Woman’s contradictory image stems from being man’s inessential Other — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 413; Men impose contradictory demands on women’s sexuality that no conduct can satisfy — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1142 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Men impose contradictory demands on women’s sexuality that no conduct can satisfy #exemplifies (0.95) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1142
• Woman’s contradictory image stems from being man’s inessential Other #expands (0.92) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 413