Goddesses in Everywoman

an abusive household may learn to hide her feelings and put on protective armor. She may become numb and out of touch with her f ...

YOUNG ATHENA An Athena child shares the capacity for concentration of a young Artemis, to which she adds a decidedly intellectua ...

handicapped. She may not aspire to reach goals she could have ful- filled. And even when she appears successful to others, she o ...

ADOLESCENCE AND YOUNG ADULTHOOD Athena girls look under car hoods. They are the ones who learn how to fix things. They are the g ...

pete socially and be popular and yet not be emotionally “all that invested.” Athena women plan ahead. Most give considerable tho ...

and plans meals to make optimal use of bargains. The Athena woman finds challenging the tasks of living within a budget and spen ...

drugs are the primary anxieties for some girls. Others are in the midst of poetic or creative upheavals or preoccupied with thou ...

in her customary position as the woman colleague with whom the men felt most comfortable. The story of Arachne (the weaver who w ...

an ambitious and able man. For Athena women (as former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger noted), “power is the best aphrodisiac ...

Typically, she is not a sensual or a sexy woman, nor is she flirtatious or romantic. She likes men as friends or mentors rather ...

men whom they respected. Then as now, an Athena woman’s mar- riage is likely to be more a companionable partnership than a pas- ...

which she may not equate with sexual fidelity. Also, she finds it difficult to believe that she will be replaced by a passing at ...

And once the unpleasant task was done, she felt a sense of relief. Whether or not she instigates the divorce, the Athena woman c ...

vise, inspire and exhort them to excel. She’s apt to reinforce stereo- typical male behavior in her sons, early giving them the ...

mother, as her children have grown she is likely to have taken on projects to which she can devote more time as the children nee ...

more projects, studies, or work that she enjoys. Usually her relation- ships with her adult children are amiable. Because she ha ...

than impulsive. Since the woman who resembles Athena shares her attributes, she too is neither a victim of others nor of her own ...

example, her child may be threatened by illness or may be harmed by someone. If a protective instinct comes out of her archetypa ...

interview with serious consequences. When a person is scrutinized by “Gorgon-Eyed Athena,” he or she feels under the magnifying ...

to stone,” I know at once that this is the problem she brings to every relationship. This is why her life lacks intimacy and is ...