Chapter 3 Summary and Analysis

Another issue that Dr. Laura sees repeatedly is how women refuse to leave a situation they know is self-defeating. They go in to a relationship championing a dream, and they are hugely disappointed when faced with reality. Dr. Laura credits the Walt Disney movies as perpetuating the belief that a man will come along and sweep a woman off her feet, and she in turn will sacrifice her life to be with him. She sees this type of dream as dangerous for women to fall for.

Eventually what happens is; women still hold out for the dream. When the dream begins to fall apart, women are reluctant to leave, because they hold on to the moments that are still good. Women are settling. They are still too afraid to look beyond their man. It is a silly notion to have. Men...