Sex in the Forbidden Zone [Paperback]

Peter Rutter M.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 23, 1997

"Courageous, compassionate and insightful. While focusing on the pain and disillusionment of the victims, he examines the complex dynamics of betrayer and betrayed with understanding and humility."
LOS ANGELES TIMES
This provocative, insightful book, based on the authors' years of experience and over 1,000 in-depth interviews helps victims of professor, physician or psychiatrist seduction, understand: the private fantasy worlds of powerful men ; the unspoken emotional needs of women; effective strategies for women to help them reinforce the bounadaries against invasion, and much more.
Selected by the Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Psychotherapy Book Clubs


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"Courageous, compassionate and insightful. While focusing on the pain and disillusionment of the victims, he examines the complex dynamics of betrayer and betrayed with understanding and humility."
LOS ANGELES TIMES
This provocative, insightful book, based on the authors' years of experience and over 1,000 in-depth interviews helps victims of professor, physician or psychiatrist seduction, understand: the private fantasy worlds of powerful men ; the unspoken emotional needs of women; effective strategies for women to help them reinforce the bounadaries against invasion, and much more.
Selected by the Literary Guild, Doubleday, and Psychotherapy Book Clubs


From the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (June 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0449000699
• ISBN-13: 978-0449000694
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #299,149 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not For The Timid, April 6, 2000

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scott davies - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex in the Forbidden Zone (Paperback)

Whether you are a man in a position of power/authority, or a woman who routinely encounters men in power and authority, this book should be required reading. Men using their positions of power and authority to victimize women is a problem of huge proportions. Some men are predators, some men are culpably ignorant of their own individual weaknesses. Dr Rutter attacks this issue of sexual tensions in relationships between men and the women who should be able to trust these men. His true stories are very clear and chilling. They are chilling because if you are honest, you can see yourself in those situations. Dr. Rutter has expressed the subtle emotional undercurrents that go on within a man-woman work/professional relationship better than any other book I have ever read. He does not mince words or try to nicely talk around blunt, painful and destructive sexual encounters within the "Forbidden Zone." If you want to bury your head in the sand and pretend that these interpersonal sexual dynamics are not there, then stay away from this book. If you want to deal with reality, try to understand yourself and safeguard your professional relationships, then read this book.

21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Too important to go out of print!, August 12, 2000

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spidir (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex in the Forbidden Zone (Mass Market Paperback)

This important book has been around for a decade, and I'm pleased to see it is still in print. Rutter, a psychiatrist affiliated with the C.G.Jung Institute, was one of the first authors I know of to publish a book in the popular press about this topic. He demonstrates clearly the essential nature and healing potential of maintaining appropriate boundaries in helping relationships. Although I might, as a female mental health professional, take issue with his unilateral depiction of the man-as-powerful/woman-as-victim dynamic, his point is certainly well taken. I've read this book twice over the years.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST READ!!!, April 11, 2004

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Carol (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sex in the Forbidden Zone (Mass Market Paperback)

Written so clearly - it would be hard to misunderstand! :)
Yes, the role of male as authority/powerful and female as submissive/victim - needs to be addressed. Sex in the Forbidden Zone is a well written self-help to knowing your rights when considering relationships in any professional arena. I am so very pleased.