The older girl adapts to reality and becomes less internally divided

Evidence

Of course, it is not possible to establish defined categories based on age alone. Some women remain infantile their whole lives; the behaviors we have described are sometimes perpetuated to an advanced age. Nevertheless, on the whole, there is a big difference between the girlish fifteen-year-old and an older girl. The latter is adapted to reality; she scarcely advances on the imaginary level; she is less divided within herself than before. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 916

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The girl’s transition to womanhood replaces wonder with cold ambition — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 919; The older girl’s growth becomes smooth adaptation instead of upheaval; The girl learns to view herself through an imagined collective male gaze
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The girl’s transition to womanhood replaces wonder with cold ambition — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 919; The older girl’s growth becomes smooth adaptation instead of upheaval; The girl learns to view herself through an imagined collective male gaze

Broader Connections

• The girl learns to view herself through an imagined collective male gaze #complicates (0.75)