“She can trade her solidness for softness. Her independence for dependency. Her leadership for submission. That man will switch her survival mode to the subtle mode so she can do less, speak less, know less, work less, think less, and be less than she’s been for everything and anything else. “So she can be more to him, more for him because that’s all he truly needs from her. He needs her to show up whole and not beaten up by the world and all else that comes with being a woman.
