Whether a woman accepts or repudiates her sexual desire depends on erotic fulfillment

Evidence

The upheaval she feels is a far more radical transmutation than the male’s aggressive frenzy. This fever frees her from shame; but when she awakes, it in turn makes her feel ashamed and horrified; for her to accept it happily—or even proudly—she has at least to be sexually and sensually fulfilled; she can admit to her desires if she has gloriously satisfied them: if not, she repudiates them angrily. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 987

Categorization

• XREF: Previews the dialectic of satisfaction/shame that structures later chapters on the married woman and the narcissist. — connects to: Female sexual initiation often reads as sacrifice mixed with fear rather than pleasure; Female sexual arousal involves self-alienation whereas male desire remains localized and self-conscious — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 987; Pleasure follows from desire rather than desire being caused by pleasure — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2231 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Shows the causal mechanism by which female sexuality becomes conflicted and alienated.

Broader Connections

• Pleasure follows from desire rather than desire being caused by pleasure #contradicts (0.75) — Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, 2231
• Female sexual arousal involves self-alienation whereas male desire remains localized and self-conscious #complicates (0.72) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 987
• Female sexual initiation often reads as sacrifice mixed with fear rather than pleasure #qualifies (0.70)