Women’s sexual deviance threatens the collectivity while men’s is a peccadillo

Evidence

Just as in primitive society the male sex is secular and woman’s is laden with religious and magic qualities, today’s modern societies consider man’s failings harmless peccadilloes; they are often lightly dismissed; even if he disobeys community laws, the man continues to belong to it; he is merely an enfant terrible, not a profound threat to the collective order. If, on the other hand, the woman deviates from society, she returns to Nature and the devil, she triggers uncontrollable and evil forces within the group. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 406

Categorization

• XREF: Directly parallels the existing ‘Complaints About Immodesty Go Way Back’ essay theme of moral panic over women’s bodies — woman as threat to collective order. — connects to: Women who are punished are seen as more aberrant and threatening than men — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 174; The same professional relationship is labeled networking for men but sexualized for women — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 699
• ADDENDUM: Supports and extends the published essay on moral panics over women’s dress and conduct — woman’s deviation as danger to the whole group.

Broader Connections

• Women who are punished are seen as more aberrant and threatening than men #corroborates (0.85) — Davis, Angela Y, Are Prisons Obsolete, 174