Prostitution fantasies in girls can slide into actual promiscuity

Evidence

We can be sure that these girls who gave in passively nevertheless suffered the trauma of defloration; one would like to know what psychological influence this brutal experience had on their future; but “girls” are not psychoanalyzed, they are inarticulate in describing themselves and take refuge behind clichés. For some, the facility of giving themselves to the first comer can be explained by the existence of prostitution fantasies about which we have spoken: out of family resentment, horror of their budding sexuality, the desire to act grown-up, some young girls imitate prostitutes; they use harsh makeup, see boys, act flirtatiously and provocatively; they who are still infantile, asexual, and cold think they can play with fire with impunity; one day a man takes them at their word, and they slip from dreams to acts. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1658

Categorization

• XREF: Beauvoir’s ‘prostitution fantasies’ fantasy-of-the-Other thread connects to the earlier chapter on the girl’s imaginary relation to masculine desire. — connects to: Religious prostitution originally encoded fertility magic before sliding into venality — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 191; Marital boredom can trigger fantasies of prostitution in young brides — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1274; Adolescent girls eroticize imagined self-transformation rather than actual sexual encounters — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 709 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Adolescent girls eroticize imagined self-transformation rather than actual sexual encounters #complicates (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 709
• Favorite sexual fantasies reveal that women want intimacy while men want sex acts #corroborates (0.80) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2411
• Males have serious sexual fantasies about twice as often as females #complicates (0.75) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2407