Women can become serial lovers when initial liaisons fail to gratify

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 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Girls choose unattainable lovers precisely because they will fail — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 894; Female possessive love grows pathologically where sexual satisfaction is absent — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1289; Whether a woman accepts or repudiates her sexual desire depends on erotic fulfillment — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 987

Broader Connections

• Whether a woman accepts or repudiates her sexual desire depends on erotic fulfillment #expands (0.80) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 987