The coquette alienates herself by seeking to become a thing

Evidence

Stains, holes, dresses that are failures, and ruined perms are far more serious catastrophes than a burned roast or a broken vase: because the coquettish woman is not only alienated in things, she wants to be a thing, and without an intermediary she feels insecure in the world. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1571

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The for-itself becomes itself only by assuming its alienated being-for-others — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness: An Essay on…, 777; Woman’s defining situation is being forced to assume herself as Other — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 64; In possession the for-itself seeks to become its own foundation as in-itself

Broader Connections

• The for-itself becomes itself only by assuming its alienated being-for-others #expands (0.85) — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 777
• Woman’s defining situation is being forced to assume herself as Other #expands (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 64
• In possession the for-itself seeks to become its own foundation as in-itself #complicates (0.75)