My paper will be on D.M. and the improper thoughts and behaviors which she continues to portray in her life. D.M. is 29 year old female of biracial origin, who is the oldest of three siblings. She was raised with punitive, authoritarian parents who utilized excessive corporal punishment. D.M.'s parents (especially her mother) raised her with the strict belief that a woman's place was in the home (inferior), in service to her mate, and men were superior. Devotion, loyalty and dependence were expected from D.M. and independent thought was not tolerated. Education was considered a waste of time because she was expected to marry and be provided for by her husband. At the age of 15, four years after her parents' divorce, D.M. was thrown out of her home at the request of her mother's boyfriend, who was the "man" of the house.
D.M. remains unwed but has sustained an 8-year live-in relationship with the father of her two children, aged 5 and 7. She demonstrates complete dependency on this......

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Title: Does Dependency Lead To Depression
Approximate Word Count: 1809
Approximate Pages: 8 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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