Her Fathers Daughter

by Mary E. Loomis

Mary Loomis uncovers the inner price daughters pay in over-relating to their fathers and, in their attempts to live up to masculine expectations and definitions of success. She shows women how to break such ties and take charge of their own destinies. Mary E. Loomis writes :
"[The father's daughter] holds the father's values believing they are her own and adheres to them unquestioningly. The daughter lives her life pleasing her father and being affirmed by him in what she does. She struggles to be what he wishes her to be." "For father's daughters the moment of possible change arrives when they realize that their positive father complex has turned negative. They recognize that they are out of balance.... For the contemporary woman who is a father's daughter, her mantle of accomplishments, adorned with the fruits of the active, masculine energy (awards, degrees, achievements) hides and protects an inner world where masculine energy in the service of her true Self is diminished and dwarfed."

Paperback

First published December 1, 1994

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a book that I will benefit from reading multiple times. Loomis not only gives the clearest explanation of the Jungian concept of the father’s daughter, but makes an original contribution to the field. While the book was written in the early 90’s, much of what she writes about is just now coming to pass. I finished the book feeling intellectually challenged and passionately inspired.