“The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized locus of self-worth saves lives. Western men are very different. In externalizing the source of their self-esteem, they surrender all emotional independence. (Conquest requires two parties, after all.) A man cannot feel like a man without a partner, corporation, team. Manhood is a game played on the terrain of opposites. It thus follows that male sense of self disintegrates when the Other is absent.” MenFeelsTwoDifferentSelfBodyGamesPartyTeamSelf EsteemYouthEmotionalSourceMassOppositesIndependenceWesternMalesPartnersSurrenderSelf WorthEsteemCorporationsManhoodEmphasisConquestAbsentTrickySense Of SelfTerrainSave A Life Book:The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide Source: The Eclipse: A Memoir of Suicide
“When adults come together to form an intimate relationship, each person releases into it unresolved issues from their trans-generational pool of unconscious fantasies. Partners are often chosen to actualize certain potentialities for each other, and the unborn baby becomes party to their drama.” PersonsTogetherFormCertainPartyFantasyIssuesBabyDramaAdultsPartnersChosenReleaseIntimateUnconsciousPoolTransUnbornIntimate RelationshipsUnborn BabyUnresolved Issues Book:Pregnancy: The Inside Story Source: Pregnancy: The Inside Story
“Being a part of a political party is something like being a partner in a marriage - work at it and stay loyal to it, and when you can't stomach it any longer, leave it.” PoliticalPartyPartnersStomachLoyalPolitical Parties Author:Judy LaMarsh
“The reality of it is I think the GOP - Republicans and certainly conservatives - will partner with the Tea Party movement around this country.” ThinkingCountryRealityPartyMovementRepublicanPartnersTeaTea PartyGopTea Party Movement Author:Michael Steele
“In the peace process, the partner doesn't just sit and allow things to deteriorate to the point of disaster. The United States is needed with thoughts and with ideas, not only with the attitude of a messenger between parties, but - when things get rough - to come in and help with what is just and what is right, to overcome difficulty.” IdeasStatesHelpingProcessUnitedPartyAttitudeUnited StatesNeededOvercomingDifficultyPartnersDisasterRoughMessengers Author:King Hussein I