ly reflect women's masochistic tendencies. The other view, held by psychologist Karen Horney, suggests that such fantasies are merely the by-product of society's repression of women (12).
Pomeroy continues her study by examining the Homeric Epic. She notes that Helen of Troy was supposedly so beautiful that the Greeks made war against the Trojans for 10 years to get her back (17). While the author also comments on the different theories for why the war against the Trojans was actually fought, she also states that women were powerful figures in Greek mythology. She lists the underlying reasons for the power which women held in mythol
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