Книга, която не се чете лесно и бързо, но със сигурност всеки ще научи нещо от нея.

Great book which helps those struggling in repetitive negative relationship scenarios.

wasn’t for me at all, but I sure know a lot of people who could read this and get enlightened on how misogynistic some men could be without realizing. i wanted to buy this to every single middle aged woman so that they can read it and keep themselves away from these dangerous and life sucking men, understanding their ulterior motives and not giving them things they don’t deserve

Confronting but not hateful or angry. She writes from both her own experience and that of couples she has counselled, it EXPLAINS so much - and gently too.

A lot of these books leave me feeling as though they are "coming AT you". Insighting rage and even more pain. They have a real man hating aspect to them. The compassion that this author writes with makes turning the pages a little less difficult - even though the topic is nothing short of awful.

This book has been confronting as a mother - it has shown areas that I need to work on with my son. It has also shown me where and how I enabled my ex's behaviour, my responsibility in how I allowed this to happen, it also pointed out why it is so frightening for fathers to be this way, especially with their daughters.

I'm still reading it. Because it is confronting on so many levels, I find I have to keep putting it down and coming back to it.

It has been written with such respect for everyone involved that it allows me to still feel the love I had for the man I was with, without feeling anything more than sadness for everyone involved - no hatred or resentment, residue fear for his daughter - but there is little I can do about that for the time being.

I intend to write the author and thank her, as a mother, a "partner" and as a woman so badly wounded byt this type of relationship - you cannot heal what you will not allow yourslef to admit to. This book helps you get there without hating yourself or leaving you neck deep in humiliation.

Brilliant book explaining why men with issues deep down towards women do what they do and most importantly will help women in relationship with these types of men heal, see it's not their fault and help with recovery.

There were several things I didn't like, but I did like over half. Far too "men apologist" and a strangely large amount of content about women trying to change their piece of shit husbands.
Women actually don't have to deal with any kind of abuse, and we can actually leave far before it gets physical. Saying physical abuse should be the only hard stop is simply not good or true.
But I did like the self image stuff, the piece on divorce/breakup at the end, and the stories

Read this while getting my degree in psychology. A very good book, and great insight into misogynists.

Everything in this book can be used as a weapon by manipulative narcissistic women, most of the advice can be used to inflict false assault charges as the psychologist suggests women play games with the misogynist and hide information instead of being honest. But so can these strategies be very effective for weak submissive women, who never really learned how to defend themselves, who still act like little children replaying their toxic co-dependent pattern - To sum up, this book is for women to get out of hell or create a safety net against manipulative self-serving narcissists, i.e. only for such extreme cases.

Men would also get a little help by reading a few chapters which contain excerpts about -
1. Games the author suggests playing with the misogynist, which can be abused by a narc woman. It might help to know the toxic behaviors so that you can identify when you are the victim being abused.
2. The behavior of how a misogynist is treating women, is the same kind as how his mother treated him when he was young. So, there are some great paras which empathizes with his childhood struggles. But there are no solutions for men to improve their behavior from that point on, so it's an okay okay book for men.

There is a possibility that this book will make you an entitled princess towards the end. But I guess a toxic delusional ADULT is better than a naive submissive CHILD. Someone rightly said it, co-dependent and narcissists are two sides of the same coin.

All-in-all, it has some exhaustive exercises to do - to identify your old patterns, to reflect on your behavior, and to take constructive actions to respond better.

Excelente libro de las relaciones dañinas. Lo leí por consejo de mi terapeuta y creo que junto al trabajo que hicimos resultó un muy bien material de apoyo.

Shed welcome light on a painful problem with a friend. I would highly recommend it for anyone who found themselves in a friendship or relationship with someone with emotionally abusive tendencies. Checked out a number of books on the topic and this, along with one other (also on my list) were the two best. Marked five stars mostly for the profoundly validating and clarifying effects it had on me.

This book will help you discern why you are attracted to men who belittle you and who globally despise women. You will realize how you came to assume such behavior as normal, and why you are attracted to men who engage in such behavior. Why are you unconsciously convinced that you neither deserve kindness nor respect, and that rudeness or indifference are all you are worthy of? This is a wonderful self-help book for women who were taught that men should rule, and who want to enable themselves to master their lives and choose what is best for themselves, first and foremost.

I'd forgotten all about reading this book until I saw it again on goodreads.

I remember the story associated with being given it more than I remember any details of the book, but I do recall being impressed with it.

A woman who was the mother of a little girl frequently at my house (at the time) gave this book to her husband for his one and only Christmas present the month before. He handed it to me with a somewhat shell-shocked look on his face, and told me the basic fact. Even though the girl was at my house a lot, her dad was the one I would see most often, he went to Little League games, etc. I remember being surprised because he seemed like a great dad, a decent guy.

I do remember I thought a lot about the contents of this book as I was reading it, and for long after. I remember it gave me a new perspective on some issues that most couples go through at one time or another.