My mother / myself. -- Female Independence and Sexual Awareness: Female Independence and Sexual Awareness

Author: Nancy Friday
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: This book is a masterpiece by Friday. At first, many female readers were afraid to honestly examine the mother-daughter relationship, which led to slow sales growth. Later, as more readers continued reading after the first 20 pages, they began recommending the book to their friends, daughters, and mothers. Six months after the first edition, the book became a bestseller. The reason it gained attention is that the author opposes blaming all of a woman's weaknesses on male hegemony. The author believes that the traditional image of a mother obscures the complexity of the mother-daughter relationship. Therefore, she focuses on exploring how a mother's personal development affects her daughter's early growth and later performance in areas such as gender relationships, marriage, family, and career, guiding readers to observe the formation and development of a woman's personality from a fresh perspective.