The classical scholar David M. Halperin writes that Beauvoir gives an idealized account of sexual relations between women in The Second Sex, suggesting that they reveal with particular clarity the mutuality of erotic responsiveness that characterizes women's eroticism.
Dejvid M. Halperin piše da Bovoar daje idealizovan prikaz seksualnih odnosa između žena u Drugom polu, tvrdeći da oni sa posebnom jasnoćom otkrivaju uzajamnost u reagovanju na erotske podsticaje koja karakteriše žensku erotičnost.