formerlytomato quoted The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir’s essential masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of “woman,” …
What must be explained in the female homosexual is thus not the positive aspect of her choice but the negative side: she is not characterized by her preference for women but by the exclusiveness of this preference
— The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir (Page 557)