The erotic struggle is a game for man but destiny for woman

Evidence

The man who loves danger and play is not displeased to see woman change into an Amazon as long as he keeps the hope of subjugating her: what he demands in his heart of hearts is that this struggle remain a game for him, while for woman it involves her very destiny: therein lies the true victory for man, liberator, or conqueror—that woman freely recognize him as her destiny. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 398

Categorization

• XREF: Echoes Sartre’s conception of love as the demand to be recognized as the Other’s absolute value, here given a gendered inequality. — connects to: Men more than women frame sex as a power contest — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2496; Sexual experiences can be rewarding yet felt from radically different gendered perspectives
• FICTION: A usable tension for fiction: a relationship whose terms are symmetrical to one partner and existential to the other.

Broader Connections

• Men more than women frame sex as a power contest #expands (0.80) — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2496
• Sexual experiences can be rewarding yet felt from radically different gendered perspectives #expands (0.75)