I recently read a passage from The Mismeasure of Woman by Carol Tavris that helped me understand why so many of us are so vulnerable to this sort of pain and shock:
"Women have been raised all their lives to put men first, to take care of everyone else in their lives, to marry the Right Person and happily take on the role of Assistant Person. Then they are surprised to discover that all this subordination of their personalities, abilities, and needs carries a psychological price."
But for all the women now in pain, whether from being abused, deserted or simply feeling lost, we all still have those personalities and abilities; we are strong, we can recover, and we can be whole again and thrive! And our children will be better for it, too! Ladies, You Can Do It!
