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[Women] were not trained for freedom at all, but for its categorical opposite—dependency.

— Colette Dowling The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

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If girls could do nothing else in this world, they were supposed to be able to keep their blood from showing.

The Frailty Myth: Women Approaching Physical Equality (2000)

Female physical frailty is not a reality but a myth with an agenda.

The Frailty Myth: Women Approaching Physical Equality (2000)

Males are educated for independence from the day they are born.

The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

There's something spectacularly freeing about acknowledging that one has both resources and limitations, and that both of these give shape to one's life.

Perfect Women: Hidden Fears of Inadequacy and the Drive to Perform (1988)

Only after she begins to disengage from her belief in her own helplessness can she break out of the vicious cycle of dependency and its brutal effect in her life.

The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981)

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