Relationships
Rescuing Your Husband Won't Save Your Marriage
When I was a little girl, I didn’t fantasize about finding a knight in shining armor or my crush saving me. I often daydreamed about saving the boy I liked. Literally. I would imagine pushing him out of the way of a speeding car or some other ridiculous scenario.
By Jessica Marie Baumgartner4 min read
This is probably due to a number of screwed-up reasons. My unstable childhood, my father’s womanizing, and the fact that he wanted me to be his “son,” definitely didn’t help, but I was also raised in a time when “strong female roles” were on the rise. Everyone everywhere seemed to want women to be the heroes, but they weren’t heralding the heroic qualities of femininity; instead, they were pushing females to be more like men.