Self-Assertion for Women

Offers practical advice with realistic sample dialogues and step-by-step exercises showing women how they can: learn to communicate clearly and effectively; protect themselves from misread signals in public, as well as intimate, situations; maintain professional authority without becoming aggressive; deal appropriately with sexual harassment; express positive and negative feelings without anxiety; set boundaries and assert themselves freely while maintaining loving relationships; identify "assertiveness blind spots". Butler's strategies can be applied by all women in any situation that requires direct, effective, and positive action.