The Wounded Woman - Linda Schierse Leonard

This text aims to provide a key to self-understanding. Using examples from her own life and those of her clients, as well as from dreams, fairy tales, myths, films and literature, the author, a Jungian analyst, exposes the wound of the spirit that both men and women of our culture bear - a wound that is grounded in a poor relationship between masculine and feminine principles.;She speculates that when a father is wounded in his own psychological development, he is not able to give his daughter the care and guidance she needs. Inheriting this wound, she may find that her ability to express herself professionally, intellectually, sexually and socially is impaired. On a broader scale, Leonard discusses how women compensate for cultural devaluation, resorting to passive submission, or a defensive imitation of the masculine.;This text shows that by understanding the father-duaghter wound and working to transform it psychologically, it is possible to achieve a fruitful, caring relationship between men and women, between fathers and daughters - a relationship that honours both the mutuality and the uniqueness of the sexes.