The Cinderella complex : women's hidden fear of independence
Format:
Book
Title:
The Cinderella complex : women's hidden fear of independence
Author:
ISBN:
9780671400521
Publication:
New York : Summit Books, [1981]
Physical Description:
209 pages ; 22 cm
Contents:
The wish to be saved -- Backing down: women's retreat from challenge -- The feminine response -- Becoming helpless -- Blind devotion -- Gender panic -- Springing free.
Summary:
Explores why women have a deeplyrooted psychological wish to be taken care of by someone else and what they can do to be free from it. Based on interviews with women and social scientists.
Local Note:
59190 Mr'82-Pub-14.95.