Women are socially steered toward abdication while men are compelled toward arduous roads

Evidence

It is man’s luck—in adulthood as in childhood—to be made to take the most arduous roads but the surest ones; woman’s misfortune is that she is surrounded by nearly irresistible temptations; everything incites her to take the easy way out: instead of being encouraged to fight on her own account, she is told that she can let herself get by and she will reach enchanted paradises; when she realizes she was fooled by a mirage, it is too late; she has been worn out in this adventure. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1844

Categorization

• XREF: This is the core Beauvoirian claim that society incites women toward immanence rather than transcendence; connects to the book’s central immanence/transcendence apparatus and to the ADDENDUM theme of how social structures channel gendered behavior. — connects to: Men remain sovereign subjects in love while women abdicate entirely — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1840; Woman’s dependence is interiorized while man’s is only external. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1370; Observed male-female differences reflect social situation, not fixed essence — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 608

Broader Connections

• Woman’s dependence is interiorized while man’s is only external. #expands (0.82) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1370
• Observed male-female differences reflect social situation, not fixed essence #corroborates (0.78) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 608