Repression, not awareness, is what upbringing imposes on girls’ sexual development

Evidence

No upbringing can prevent the girl from becoming aware of her body and dreaming of her destiny; the most one can do is to impose strict repression that will then weigh on her for her whole sexual life. What would be desirable is that she be taught, on the contrary, to accept herself without excuses and without shame. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 791

Categorization

• XREF: Direct antecedent for Beauvoir’s later argument and for contemporary feminist critiques of purity culture; connects to the reader’s Continental-tradition grounding alongside Sartre. — connects to: In Freudian terms a girl’s sexual development can stall into frigidity or homosexuality.; Repressing childhood sexuality produces neuroses more harmful than sexual play itself — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1977; Female erotic development is psychological, not anatomically determined. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1033 (+2 more)
• SEED: Could support an essay contrasting repression-based versus acceptance-based approaches to sexuality education across cultures.

Broader Connections

• Repressing childhood sexuality produces neuroses more harmful than sexual play itself #complicates (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1977
• Female erotic development is psychological, not anatomically determined. #expands (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1033
• Female sexual initiation often reads as sacrifice mixed with fear rather than pleasure #exemplifies (0.75)