Reviews for The assertive woman

The average rating for The assertive woman based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-09-23 00:00:00 Ty Iffert The content is obviously outdated and most of the things are pretty standard, common knowledge, but there are some worthy ideas nonetheless. As much as I loathe the American and feminist biases, as well as the over-simplistic and implausible examples all too common in personal development books, I found this one to have an almost acceptable number of them. Certain topics, such as raising and educating independent and strong children while also establishing authority in a positive and confident manner, were particularly spot on. That being said, I prefer the original title - "assertive" as opposed to its Romanian translation which assumes an underprivileged baseline position to begin with.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-18 00:00:00 Ronald H. Monahan This should be required reading for all young women. I read this when I was in my early 20s and it helped me in my personal and professional relationships tremendously. Being assertive doesn't always come easy to young women, especially for those who, like me, come from conservative cultures and very religious families. The situations in the book may sound a little dated, but the fact is that a lot of the sexist behaviors described in it still run rampant today. I see it all the time at my place of employment. Having read this book opened up my awareness to the fact that it is perfectly okay to voice my opinions and to say NO when something isn't fair- and I don't mean just sexual harassment. I mean when it comes to things like being asked to make coffee or take notes at a meeting because of my gender. If I had a daughter I would certainly make sure she got a copy of this and read it in her teens.