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In this slender volume the author undertakes the ambitious task of reviewing the nature of the relationships among women, with special emphasis on the most important one, that between mother and daughter. Naturally, such a review involves the detailing of various points of view concerning the psychological development of women.
In the first chapter the author outlines two theories, one from social psychology and one from developmental psychology. The former emphasizes the concepts of ingroups and outgroups. Mother and daughter are considered to form a very close ingroup based on