Mothers can treat their own daughters as rivals to be defeated

Evidence

Many mothers become rigid in hostility; they do not accept being supplanted by the ingrate who owes them her life; we have often pointed out the coquette’s jealousy of the fresh adolescent who denounces her artifices: a woman who has detested a rival in any woman will hate the rival even in her child; she sends her away, hides her, or finds ways to deprive her of opportunities. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1728

Categorization

• XREF: The rivalry frame shows women displacing competitive hostility they feel toward women generally onto daughters — connects to Beauvoir’s broader claim that women lack solidarity because they see each other as rivals. — connects to: A mother feels threatened when her daughter performs her household role well — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1526; A mother’s rejection of a child can disguise self-contempt projected outward. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1525; A mother treats her daughter as a double and feels betrayed by her separateness. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1520 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• A mother’s escalating control over her daughter coincided with increasing physical abuse #exemplifies (0.80) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 601
• Women competing for male favor are inherently hostile to each other #expands (0.75)