Wounded Male - Softcover

Farmer, Steven

 
9780345374325: Wounded Male
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0345374320 ISBN 13: 9780345374325
Verlag: Ballantine Books, 1992

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Looks at the different types of trauma caused by growing up in a dysfunctional family, and offers men practical advice on healing these psychological wounds

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re wounded by historical and cultural developments as well as by specific family problems. Traditional masculinity is a straitjacket that forces men to repress all their emotions under an "I-can-handle-it" facade -- a facade that enourages men to become emotionally numb, unable to feel joy as well as sadness. But men don't have to live this way.
THE WOUNDED MALE describes the sources and consequences of the many wounds men receive from society and family, including the "father wound" (how the physical or emotional absence of a father or a father-as-rigid-disciplinarian can profoundly affect a growing boy) and the "mother wound" (which is rooted in the extremes of too much mothering -- engulfing -- or too little mothering -- abandoning). Farmer personalizes his analysis with examples from his own life and the lives of other men. He shows that healing the wounds of manhood is not a one-shot deal, but a long, slow journey of self-discovery. Whether you are just setting

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Verlag
Ballantine Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1992
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0345374320
ISBN 13 
9780345374325
Einband
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