Instead of developing a full palette of human qualities, we make do with the restricted range of those considered either masculine or feminine, and then seek fulfillment by means of a partner, in superficial relationships pursued in the manner of an addiction. And this substantially disadvantages women: “Since most human qualities are labeled ‘masculine,’ and only a few are ‘feminine’—and even those are marginalized […]—women have an even greater need to project life-giving parts of themselves onto another human being” (emphasis in the original).24 In this context, independent women arouse
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