ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the concept of feminine influence or feminine power and its potential social effects. Feminine power has required a long process of learning to develop. The word "power" is familiar to all, but it refers to a variety of meanings and has changed throughout history. Both men and women repudiate femininity because femininity is associated with weakness and helplessness. This human bedrock is equal for both genders. Men manifest this repudiation openly, while women tend to occupy themselves in acquiring men's characteristics. Penis envy implies keeping a distance from femininity. This repudiation of femininity can be found to some extent in every human being. Feminine power accepts and deals with insignificance. Its vital energy is based on life instincts. Feminine power has developed slowly. It has developed through a process of learning from the submission, obedience, and the reclusion of women in private life, going back through thousands of years.
