Submission Power and Learned Helplessness
June 7, 2011
Category: Emotions & Inner Life, Identity & The Self
Submission is not always weakness. Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, map the difference between servers and peacemakers, trace learned helplessness from childhood abuse to elderly isolation, and examine how dominance hierarchies shape everything from family dynamics to corporate mergers and sexual behavior.