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| Published: June 25, 2016
Cinderella Complex: Theoretical Roots to Psychological Dependency Syndrome in Women
Ph.D. Scholar, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shree Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow, India Google Scholar More about the auther
Ph.D. Scholar, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India Google Scholar More about the auther
DIP: 18.01.148/20160303
DOI: 10.25215/0303.148
ABSTRACT
Women’s dependency has been a widely debated topic around the world. Back in the 60s-80s, women were limited to their household chores, child rearing practices and were financially dependent on men, and the concept of women dependency on men was phenomenological and acceptable. But when 90s arrived with the drive of women empowerment; women education flourished, they became financially independent and balanced work and personal lives. The concept of women dependency then started confusion and displease among the “new independent women”. This theoretical article aims to elaborate on the concept of women dependence and its background. Cinderella Complex is a psychological syndrome that states women are unconsciously driven to be dependent on a dominant figure (preferably male). Relational Theory in relation to Cinderella complex marks distinction in emotional development of men and women. It states that women are primarily driven to connect with others.
Keywords
Women, Dependency, Cinderella Complex, Relational Theory, Psychology, Syndrome
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2016 I S Saha, T Safri
Received: April 28, 2016; Revision Received: May 21, 2016; Accepted: June 25, 2016
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.148/20160303
10.25215/0303.148
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Published in Volume 03, Issue 3, April-June, 2016