Colette Dowling: Quotes about freedom

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“[The Cinderella Complex] used to hit girls of sixteen or seventeen, preventing them, often, from going to college, hastening them into early marriages. Now it tends to hit women after college—after they've been out in the world awhile. When the first thrill of freedom subsides and anxiety rises to take its place, they begin to be tugged by that old yearning for safety: the wish to be saved.”

Colette Dowling

Source: The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981), pp. 69–70

“Lack of confidence leads us into the dark waters of envy. We see men are functioning without hang-ups—and like girls who envy the unfettered freedom of older brothers, we find it easier to focus on how "lucky" the men are and how "unlucky" we are. Sequestered in an unfair situation, we don't have to do anything about achieving the competence and self-esteem we so admire in others.”

Colette Dowling

Source: The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981), p. 128

“[Women] were not trained for freedom at all, but for its categorical opposite—dependency.”

Colette Dowling

Source: The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence (1981), p. 3