Feminine Masculine Balance: A Paradigm Shift for a Peaceful and Abundant Society

This is an appealing book. Recounting her experiences both professionally and within her own family, the author develops a convincing argument for fostering such feminine personal qualities as compassion, imagination, sensitivity and intuition in both women and men as a counterbalance to masculine traits such as rationality, logic and competitiveness which are regarded as necessary to ‘succeed’ in modern society. We need both the masculine and the feminine. Her hope is that when a balance is achieved, it will help to eliminate war, lessen the damage we are doing to the environment, improve our interactions with each other, and enhance our quality of life: noble aims indeed. She admits that we have a long way to go; but hopes that her book will help to raise awareness, which is the first step to making change.

I liked this book as it was balanced as the title says. It shows how things differ and how they could be changed. For me it made sense as I have seen feminine and masculine traits with both sexes. And some experiences of this haven't been positive. This shows how by empowering the feminine in all of us we could live in a more balanced and positive way. Well worth buying.

This book is a great introduction into this concept of masculine feminine balance which describes the foundation to essentially make the world a better place. I was initially skeptical as I expected another book about feminism however this book certainly wasn’t that. Jacqueline describes the concept of masculine and feminine qualities in both men and women and how striving towards more 'balanced' qualities can improve one's own life and subsequently the world around them. In the book, the author uses examples of everyday situations that we can all relate to and provides some food for thought about how we can make the world a better place starting with ourselves. Jacqueline’s book was a nice, brief introduction into this concept, a very easy to read and understand book and I look forward to a follow up book delving a bit deeper into the subject.