With Harriet Lerner, renowned for her work on the psychology of women, I would have expected nothing less. Hyde would describe Harriet Lerner as a feminist, or someone who favors political, economic, and social equality between women and men. A feminist is also in favor of social change and this is exactly what Harriet Lerner is doing (Hyde and Quest, p. 5). Throughout the book she not only addresses some of the major problems women have with expressing anger, but also shows different ways to address these issues that empower women. Lerner does not try to teach the reader how to control their anger; rather it says that people have the right to feel the emotions of anger without feeling guilty about it. Thanks to second wave feminism, many women don't have to suffer in silence from their anger and dissatisfaction. This brought women closer together and also helped them counter the old roles of what women should be and mix them with the new. Through self-help books like this, women can learn by imitation: people do what others do (Hyde and Quest, p.38). This imitation moves the ball on other issues. Some issues addressed in this book that have plagued women forever are the fact that women have a lack of assertiveness, self-confidence and have been stuck in the role of inadequate. Women in our society tend to take on the emotional labor or