"Why are so many women their own worst enemies? The answer is in this book- a book that could literally save lives. It belongs in the hands of every woman (and her name is legion) who feels she is always being stepped on by others, is always being put down, ignored or abused. Such a woman feeling that she is somehow a born victim suffers, in fact because she is locked into a pattern of inflicting psychic pain on herself. Submiting always to the will and whim of others, she perpetuates her own misery by living in fear that she would some how offend if she tried to stand up for herself. Such torment we now know is self imposed a masochist metes out her own punishment. Pointing no finger of blame, Dr. Natalie shainess, who is this country's foremost authority on masochism explains why no woman in our culture escapes masochism altogether. A searching but easy to take questionnair allows you to discover to what degree you yourslef may have the problem." This excerpt is taken from the dust jacket.
