Dec 07 2008
From Wikipedia:
The Cinderella Complex was first described by Colette Dowling, who wrote a book on women’s fear of independence, as an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others, based primarily on a fear of being independent. The complex is said to become more apparent as a person grows older.
Colette Dowling attempts to define women as being motivated by an unconscious desire to be taken care of as a fear of independence termed “Cinderella Complex.”
The importance of the work can be defined as identifying an aspect of a larger phenomenon as to why woman chose to stay in dysfunctional relationships.
READ THIS BOOK! I’m rereading it now….
http://www.amazon.com/Cinderella-Complex-Womens-Hidden-Independence/dp/0671733346
