But see, some of us didn't need to read this tome of moan to already know that, MP.
You see, there's no 'power struggle' in some peoples' relationships because from the get go they don't put up with bullshit from each other or from themselves.
Yes, it really happens!
It's called self-respect and it comes from parents who teach their children - male and female - that if they don't respect themselves no one else will and you don't have to read Naomi-Howls-Like-a-Wolf to suss that out. It also comes from learning from one's mistakes and maturity, when you just don't want to be bothered with bullshit anymore because it's more trouble than it's worth.
SO many people, women in particular, in white, middle-class and upper class American and British society tend to over-analyse and over-dramatise so many aspects of their lives and make themselves very unhappy and stressed out unnecessarily.
Yes, that's my truly honest observation and opinion.
My DH would have zero use for a book like this, not that he could read it - he has such severe dyslexia he is barely literate.
But I have to say I learned more from his approach to life than any 'literature' I ever read.