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Mutual Admiration Societies Highlight Self Esteem Efforts
A North American piece describes Englishwomen forming an Aren't We Wonderful Club where members greet each other with the phrase Are not wonderful and respond Yes we are. German child psychologist Heda Freulich urges mothers to say You are wonderful to kids to boost self confidence and curb inferiority feelings. In Marseilles twenty young women started the Men Are So Wonderful Society with weekly meetings and pin up decor. They aim to discuss ways to please men and advocate a lifestyle of slavery to a wonderful man, highlighting gender role expectations.
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West Germany
Heda Freulich
Marseilles