I agree completely with the positive reviews of this book: Christine Lawson's masterful use of Jungian archetypes is helpful beyond belief in enabling those of us who are dealing with BPD parents to understand the various forms that the disorder takes. If any mood disorder does not lend itself to a one-size-fits-all classification, it's BPD.However, for those of us who were unlucky enough to have been raised by two Borderline parents, I would like to add that Lawson's archetypes apply equally well to both genders. While reading the book, I was struck by how often I could change the pronouns and see the behaviors of both my father and my mother fall into too-vivid relief. Although there are roughly three times more female than male Borderlines, it's important to remember that there appears to be very little difference in the way that both present their disorder to those around them.