Woman and cultural shadow: personal reflections on a process of transformative learning.

The shadow side of female strength and independence is needing another person to feel complete. All people must differentiate themselves from others when they are children. While men identify with their fathers and deny their feminine aspects, women deny themselves and identify with their mothers. Women entering intimacy idealize their partners and lose personal power when they express pleasure in being desired.

I have noticed this pattern before, but noticing it now does not prevent me from drowning in it again. I am interested in a man. I find out he is interested, too, and t