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This chapter looks at the way that cultural forces create particular structures in the individual family which then incline the psychological development of its daughters in specific ways.
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Orbach, S. (1997). Women’s development in the family. In: Lawrence, M., Maguire, M., Campling, J. (eds) Psychotherapy with Women. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25615-0_3
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