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The Dance of Deception (Harriet Lerner)
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The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women’s Lives is a nonfiction work by psychologist Harriet Lerner that examines how deception, silence, privacy, and honesty operate in women’s relationships and in their relationship to themselves. Rather than offering a simple set of rules for telling the truth, the book analyzes the social and emotional pressures that shape what women can say, hide, or pretend. It is best understood as a feminist psychological meditation on authenticity, intimacy, and self-knowledge. Lerner focuses on everyday forms of deception, including family secrets, sexual faking, affairs, and the strategic use of pretense, while also questioning the common belief that blunt honesty is always virtuous. The book’s purpose is to help readers understand the difference between honesty and truth-telling, and to show how timing, context, and power influence whether disclosure deepens or damages connection.
- Amazon USA Store: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002P0DU0?tag=9natree-20
- Amazon Worldwide Store: https://global.buys.trade/The-Dance-of-Deception-Harriet-Lerner.html
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- Read more: https://english.9natree.com/read/B0002P0DU0/
#truthtellingversushonesty #pretendingandselfdiscovery #privacyversussecrecy #patriarchyandwomen’ssilence #familysecretsandselfdeception #TheDanceofDeception
The Dance of Deception: Pretending and Truth-Telling in Women’s Lives is a nonfiction work by psychologist Harriet Lerner that examines how deception, silence, privacy, and honesty operate in women’s relationships and in their relationship to themselves. Rather than offering a simple set of rules for telling the truth, the book analyzes the social and emotional pressures that shape what women can say, hide, or pretend. It is best understood as a feminist psychological meditation on authenticity, intimacy, and self-knowledge. Lerner focuses on everyday forms of deception, including family secrets, sexual faking, affairs, and the strategic use of pretense, while also questioning the common belief that blunt honesty is always virtuous. The book’s purpose is to help readers understand the difference between honesty and truth-telling, and to show how timing, context, and power influence whether disclosure deepens or damages connection.
