Harriet Lerner - The dance of deception (1993)

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As many have observed, it is easy to tell a lie, but it is almost impossible to tell only one.

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The body, seeking truth, sends a signal. But decoding it, interpreting its meaning, and knowing how to proceed from there is another matter entirely.

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The first world we find ourselves in is a family that is not of our choosing.

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Deception and con games are a way of life in all species and throughout nature. Organisms that do not improve their ability to deceive—and to detect deception—are less apt to survive.

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What new meaning might Freud's concept of 'penis envy' take on, if we consider the fact that in his lifetime the words 'clitoris,' 'vulva,' and 'labia' were not included in the dictionary and, in this country, the only word in Webster's dictionary for female genitalia was 'vagina'? Who decides what words are included in the dictionary and who decides what is real?

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Being in touch with our bodies, or more accurately, being our bodies, is how we know what is true. Harriet

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We will be in tune with our bodies only if we truly love and honor them. We can't be in good communication with the enemy.

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Telling a true story about personal experience is not just a matter of being oneself, or even or finding oneself. It is also a matter of choosing oneself.

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Before modern feminism, stories of female ambition were silenced or erased; even now, they are told with apology ("Yes, it's a great honor to be a Nobel Prize laureate, but really, what I love best is staying home and being a mother to Kevin and Annie").

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