Resentment toward the masculine universe is the necessary product of dependence

Evidence

If a change is suggested to her, she throws her arms up: “That’s all I need!” She knows that her malaise is deeper than the pretexts she gives for it, and that one expedient is not enough to get rid of it; she takes it out on the whole world because it was put together without her, and against her; since adolescence, since childhood, she has protested against her condition; she was promised compensations, she was assured that if she abdicated her opportunities into the hands of the man, they would be returned to her a hundredfold, and she considers herself duped; she accuses the whole masculine universe; resentment is the other side of dependence: when one gives everything, one never receives enough in return. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1748

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Lesbian hostility toward men fuses feminine resentment with a masculine inferiority complex; The source of gendered conflict is situational dependence, not personal perversity — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974; Femininity is a negative imprint of masculine domination, not a natural essence — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia: Reflections from…, 110 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• The source of gendered conflict is situational dependence, not personal perversity #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974
• Women’s reverence for masculine law stems from powerlessness rather than judgment #corroborates (0.82) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1743
• Femininity is a negative imprint of masculine domination, not a natural essence #expands (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, Minima Moralia, 110