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Title: Toward a New Psychology of Women by Jean Baker Miller ISBN: 0-8070-2909-2 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 02 April, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent classic that is still insightful in 2004
Comment: This book is a classic. In the foreword to the 1986 edition, psychiatrist Jean Baker Miller mentioned her reasons for writing this groundbreaking book that was first published in 1976. First, in her work with women, she noticed that women had psychological strengths that they didn't seem to recognize or appreciate. Second, she was concerned that the model of the "new" woman seemed to be based on a male model, as if that were the only model of a complete person. Miller's goal was to "recognize, re-define and understand the day-to-day experience of women and to show how the mental and emotional lives of individual women reflect the social and political system" (back cover). She highlighted the need for change by describing the psychological damage that can result from unequal status and power in relationships. Although Miller focused on male and female relationships, the same outcome occurs whenever one or more groups are considered subordinate to the dominant group(s) because of such differences as race, sex, class, nationality, or religion; everyone involved is hurt by the inability to be authentic and complete. I appreciated her even-handed and realistic approach to differences: "Differences are a source of strength for each of us-so long as they are not used against us" (p. 136). Almost 30 years later, this landmark work continues to illuminate the problems caused by unequal relationships and opportunities for growth, which could explain why it can still be found in most bookstores.
Rating: 5
Summary: a timeless classic about dominant/subordinate relationships
Comment: This small and important book gives a timeless and cogent description of the dynamics between dominants and subordinates. Though the examples are specific to the relationships between men and women, the model offered stands up in an examination of dominant/subordinate relationships between any two groups or individuals. I discovered my own relationship with my sister (and vestiges of the dominant/subordinate in our relationship continue well into our adulthood). Continuously in print since 1976, Miller's little book is destined to remain in print as a classic, yet with a tiny bit of promotion from the publisher, it could easily become a current bestseller.
Rating: 5
Summary: Allowed more insights into myself than any other book.
Comment: Jean Baker Miller has done a magnificient job of illustrating major developmental issues for men and women. The title is deceiving, because it doesn't express the power and depth of her thinking as it applies to both genders.
A major contribution, by the author, is her recognition of the roles of dominants and subordinates. This phenomenon appears in almost all aspects of our lives. People in either role learn, the important concept is to understand what they learn. Jean Baker Miller focused on the role of men and women as they fulfill this dominant, subordinate relationship and the learning that stems from these roles.
When I read her book it was like I was standing in front of a full-length mirror that reflected a picture of my emotional state. I was able to see that my emotional state was half empty. My feminine qualities had been forced from my being, and I was unhappily overrun by my masculine self. Her book allowed me a map from which to start to reintegrate the feminine into my being. It allowed me to cry for the isolation of my masculine self and welcome the strength of my feminine. The reflections I received helped me rearrange my values to allow myself to be both empathetic and strong. In one sense it allowed me to understand my own intelligence. I defined my intelligence as the energy created by the unbroken path between my heart and mind. Intelligence is the product of this synergistic connection. When this connection is blocked or broken my intelligence is not in force.
My work with leaders in organizations is strongly influenced by the discoveries I made will reading this book. I hope you take the time to reflect on these difficult, but crucial issues.
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Title: In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development by Carol Gilligan ISBN: 0674445449 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Women's Growth in Connection: Writings from the Stone Center by Janet L. Surrey, Judith V. Jordan, Alexandra G. Kaplan, Jean Baker Miller, Irene P Stiver ISBN: 0898624657 Publisher: Guilford Press Pub. Date: 19 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Healing Connection : How Women Form Connections in Both Therapy and in Life by Jean Baker Miller, Irene Pierce Stiver ISBN: 0807029211 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Women's Ways of Knowing: The Development of Self, Voice, and Mind by Mary Belenky, Blythe Clinchy, Nancy Goldberger, Jill Tarule ISBN: 0465090990 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Silencing The Self : Women and Depression by Dana C. Jack ISBN: 006097527X Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 13 January, 1993 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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