“When an abused
child, a rejected adolescent, or a humiliated man if finally able to deny his
desire for acceptance and love, he can become a man obsessed with power and an
abuser of others…The quest for power is not just instilled in men who seek
revenge for their own or their fathers’ humiliations or ambitions. Power is
what is valued most in patriarchal systems of all kinds, and when power matters
more than love, there are terrible consequences.”
~Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, The Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine
~Jean Shinoda Bolen, MD, The Ring of Power: The Abandoned Child, the Authoritarian Father, and the Disempowered Feminine
Painting by Elisabeth Slettnes
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