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“The sense of loss these women express is a yearning for the feminine, a longing for a sense of home within their own bodies and community. Most women today have spent their early and mid-adulthood developing and fine-tuning qualities that have always been considered masculine, including skills in logical, direct linear thinking, analyzing, and setting short-range goals. Women who brought emotions into the workplace were quickly told they did not belong there. Although many companies are now training upper management in a more feminine or “Beta-style” mode of leadership, which values feelings, intuition, and relationship, many women complain of undervaluing the feminine part of themselves.”

Quote by Maureen Murdock

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The Heroine's Journey: Woman's Quest for Wholeness

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Maureen Murdock
Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock is an American writer born in 1945. Her works mainly focus on feminism and mythology, which have had a profound impact on contemporary culture. more

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