Cruel compassion: how politically correct psychology weakens Americans.(Dr Christina Hoff Sommers; Sally Satel)(Interview)
American Enterprise, The, June, 2005 by Bowman, Karlyn
TAE contributing editor Karlyn Bowman recently sat down with Dr: Christina Hoff Sommers and Sally Satel, M.D., resident scholars at the American Enterprise Institute, to discuss their new book One Nation Under Therapy: How the Helping Culture is Eroding Self-Reliance.
TAE: You criticize what you call "therapism." What is that?
CHRISTINA HOFF SOMMERS: Therapism celebrates emotional self-absorption and the sharing of feelings. Its proponents believe that vulnerability, not strength, characterizes the American psyche. They see us as an anguished, emotionally apprehensive population that requires a vast array of counseling to cope with the trials of everyday life.
TAE: Let's start with the myth of the fragile child.
SOMMERS: There is...
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