In Chapter 3, the analysis shifts to the testimonies of Rwandan women and draws on the model of motivation proposed by David Bakan [Duality of Human Existence: An Essay on Psychology and Religion (Chicago, IL: Rand McNally, 1966)]. Bakan highlighted two fundamental drives of agency and communion which are linked to the broad cultural distinction of individualism and collectivism. The analysis in Chapter 3 reveals that the genocide has negatively affected women’s interpersonal relationships, that is they have experienced little or no communal growth. On the other hand, as a result of the overwhelming burdens that were placed on Rwanda’s women after the genocide, their position in Rwandan society has changed rapidly resulting in high levels of agentic growth. Specifically, the social transformation of women’s positions in post-genocide society has led to significant changes in gender roles, an important women’s movement in civil society, and an increase in the number of women in political life. While the changes in women’s identities could be described as revolutionary, the situation should not be viewed too romantically as evidence in other contexts suggests that the drives of both agency and communion are necessary for well-being and that either, when taken too extremes, can have negative effects.