The temptation of easy marriage is itself a dangerous obstacle to independence

Evidence

It has not been well enough understood that temptation is also an obstacle, and even one of the most dangerous. It is amplified here by a mystification since there will be one winner out of the thousands in the lucky marriage lottery. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 297

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: Beauvoir’s ‘temptation as obstacle’ insight could be mapped onto other domains where a lottery-like fantasy blocks real effort.
• XREF: connects to: Total dependence reduces a wife’s freedom to abstract interiority that cannot save her — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1355

Broader Connections

• Total dependence reduces a wife’s freedom to abstract interiority that cannot save her #exemplifies (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1355