little idealistic about how much society would be altered for the better if the emphasis were more on the feminine and less on the masculine.
The author correctly says that we should not see the "feminine" as a quality present only in women, any more than we should see men as the only possessors of "masculine" qualities. In other words, every human being possesses some masculine and feminine qualities. Still, it is clear that women in general have more feminine qualities than men.
The bulk of her book is clearly addressed to women in an effort to encourage them to discover, acknowledge and proudly express the feminine side of themselves. She feels that men---and society---as a whole will benefit as well from a new emphasis on the feminine, but her book, again, is aimed at women more than men. The reader would not be leaping to conclusions then if he or she ga
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