In the twenty years since its publication, this best-selling classic (which has sold more than 200,000 copies) has become famous for its groundbreaking demonstration of how sexual stereotypes restrict men’s and women’s psychological development. Toward a New Psychology of Women revolutionized concepts of strength and weakness, dependency and autonomy, emotion, success, and power.
“Monumental in its innovative—possibly revolutionary—restructuring of our psychodynamic understanding of women.” —-Alexandra G. Kaplan, Contemporary Psychology