Intro -- Foreword -- Greetings from Supporters -- Dear Readers! -- Acknowledgment -- Contents -- About the Author -- The Commentators -- 1 On the Power and Roles of Men and Women -- Abstract -- 2 Where Do We Come from and What Does that Do to Us? -- Abstract -- 2.1 Transgenerational Transmission -- 2.2 Development of Self-Worth and Ego-Strength -- 2.3 The Importance of the Family of Origin -- Literature -- 3 The Power of Our Past and Origin -- Abstract -- 3.1 Dysfunctional Family Constellations -- 3.1.1 Unrelated Parents -- 3.1.2 Dominant father and adapted mother -- 3.1.3 Dominant Mother and Self-Insecure Father -- 3.1.4 Competing Parents -- 3.1.5 Insecure and Fearful Parents -- 3.2 Functional Family Constellations -- Literature -- 4 When Hormones Take the Lead -- Abstract -- Literature -- 5 The Balancing Act between Partnership, Motherhood, and Career -- Abstract -- 5.1 Power at First Sight? -- 5.2 Partnerships-from Career Supporters to Career Brakes -- 5.2.1 The Classic: Side by Side with the "Yes-but" Man -- 5.2.2 We are definitely not a team: Wrong partner choice and competitive relationships -- 5.2.3 The Ideal Case: "Honey, I'm in!"-The Couple as a Team -- 5.3 Excursus: Partner Search and Motherhood -- 5.3.1 Partner Search on an Equal Footing -- 5.3.2 Motherhood and the Traps and Illusions of Women -- 5.4 Excursion: Large Family Instead of Small Family -- 5.5 Women and Their Side Stages: Girlfriend, Mother, Mother-in-law, and Network Partners -- |