Women have been historically relegated to supporting other people’s lives. Is it possible to find meaning in these roles? Beauvoir examined some common strategies that women employ to overcome the sense of their own insignificance. Motherhood is one of the most common. But can a child be their mother’s project? ‘The woman in love’ indicates those women who dedicate their existences to their partner’s life and projects. ‘The mystic’ aims to lose herself in a more powerful beloved, God, while ‘the narcissist’ loves her own body. Chapter 5 examines these figures as analysed in The Second Sex, and as presented both in Beauvoir’s and another writer’s novel, and shows their enduring relevance. For instance, Beauvoir’s depiction of the narcissist has become all the more significant with the advent of social media and online identities. Similarly, Beauvoir’s exploration of women’s complicity with the world of men that oppresses them is applied to the current situation, with a focus on women in power. The chapter concludes by addressing a crucial question: is it ethical, or even possible, to renounce one’s freedom and choose submission?