# 114 explained — Beyond Good and Evil

> Chapter companion for Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

## What happens

A brief, aphoristic critique of how the immense societal expectations and coyness surrounding sexual love distort women's perspectives from the very beginning.

## Themes in this chapter

### Critique of Modernity

Critiques modern societal constructs, specifically the prescribed expectations and behaviors around sexuality that spoil women's 'perspectives' or ways of being.

## Key lines

> The immense expectation with regard to sexual love, and the coyness in this expectation, spoils all the perspectives of women at the outset.

The huge social pressure and affected modesty surrounding romance and sex ruin women's outlooks and possibilities from the start.

_A concise statement on how social conventions limit and distort female subjectivity._

## Links

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