Women’s solidarity never becomes real friendship because they remain competitors for male validation.

Evidence

It is nonetheless rare for feminine complicity to reach true friendship; women feel more spontaneous solidarity with each other than men do, but from within this solidarity they do not transcend toward each other: together they are turned toward the masculine world, whose values each hopes to monopolize for herself. Their relations are not built on their singularity, but are lived immediately in their generality: and from there, the element of hostility comes into play. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1605

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘Other’ framework from the introduction — women’s mutual relations stay mired in immanence because transcendence is directed at men. — connects to: Women’s solidarity remains bounded by their shared captivity to men — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1606; Women competing for male favor are inherently hostile to each other; Women’s ambivalence about men prevents them from building a solid counter-universe — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1760
• DEFINE: Illustrates the concepts of singularity vs. generality and immanence in the concrete case of female friendship.

Broader Connections

• Women competing for male favor are inherently hostile to each other #corroborates (0.92)
• Women’s ambivalence about men prevents them from building a solid counter-universe #expands (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1760