Intimate Strangers: Men and Women TogetherExplains the psychological and developmental factors in the difference between women and men and their effects on adult relationships, discussing intimacy, sexuality, dependency, work, parenting, and other crucial issues of being together. |
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Page 83
... fear closes in - the fear of finding him- self again in the grip of a powerful woman , of allowing her admittance only to be betrayed and abandoned once again , of being overwhelmed by denied desires . So he withdraws . It's not in ...
... fear closes in - the fear of finding him- self again in the grip of a powerful woman , of allowing her admittance only to be betrayed and abandoned once again , of being overwhelmed by denied desires . So he withdraws . It's not in ...
Page 110
... fear - the ecstasy of union with a woman once again ; the fear of being engulfed by her , of somehow losing a part of himself that he's struggled to maintain through the years . For a woman , the repression of her first erotic attach ...
... fear - the ecstasy of union with a woman once again ; the fear of being engulfed by her , of somehow losing a part of himself that he's struggled to maintain through the years . For a woman , the repression of her first erotic attach ...
Page 136
... fear - a combination in which sometimes the need for connection ascends , sometimes the fear of another loss , another abandonment , dominates . * But they long ago learned to armor themselves against both the need and the threat ...
... fear - a combination in which sometimes the need for connection ascends , sometimes the fear of another loss , another abandonment , dominates . * But they long ago learned to armor themselves against both the need and the threat ...
Contents
1 The Changing Dream | 1 |
2 New Roles New Rules | 16 |
3 The Child Within | 38 |
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