Women’s mediocrity stems from never learning responsibility for the universe.

Evidence

The constraints that surround her and the whole tradition that weighs on her keep her from feeling responsible for the universe: this is the profound reason for her mediocrity. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1950

Categorization

• DEFINE: Links the ‘tête-à-tête with the given world’ to responsibility for the universe — the causal core of why women rarely become creators.
• XREF: connects to: Midlife women erupt into compensating desires and acts because they never freely chose goals. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1711; Women’s lack of creative genius stems from situation, not essence — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1952; Women lack the practice of sovereign solitude needed for creative transcendence. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1948

Broader Connections

• Women lack the practice of sovereign solitude needed for creative transcendence. #expands (0.90) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1948
• Women’s lack of creative genius stems from situation, not essence #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1952