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Chapter IV: Summary and Conclusions
Chapter IV Summary and Conclusions For fatherless daughters living in a patriarchal culture shame is the cornerstone emotion that fosters an inborn lack of self-worth and value in a young girl’s early identity formation, often becoming a debilitating force in her creative pursuits and deep need for belonging and connection with others. Since shame is Read more
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Chapter III: Finding a Way Through Shame
Chapter III Finding a Way Through Shame When we let go of what other people think and own our story, we gain access to our worthiness—the feeling that we are enough just as we are and that we are worthy of love and belonging. When we spend a lifetime trying to distance ourselves from Read more
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Chapter II: Through the Portal of Shame: A Path Toward Self-Love for Fatherless Daughters Living in Patriarchy
Chapter II Review of the Literature In service to granting access to qualities, desires, visions, and intuitive sensing split off into the unconscious by shame, it seems one must inquire into the nature of shame from a psychological perspective—what it is, how one gets it, how it operates in the psyche, the effects it has Read more
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Chapter I: Through the Portal of Shame: A Path Toward Self-Love for Fatherless Daughters Living in Patriarchy
Abstract This thesis is a heuristic exploration, from a depth psychological perspective, of the relationship between shame and authentic voice for fatherless daughters living in a patriarchal culture. Literature is reviewed related to a definition of shame and understanding its etiology and psychological effects. Through a depth psychological analysis of the author’s personal experience of Read more
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