Cinderella Complex Definition
noun
The situation where a woman has an unconscious desire to be taken care of by others, and thus requires help from some outside force, usually a man .
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Origin of Cinderella Complex
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From the title of a 1981 book by Colette Dowling , The Cinderella Complex: Women's Hidden Fear of Independence; named after the girl from the fairy-tale Cinderella , who is rescued from her life of poverty and mistreatment by a prince.
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