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Meanings of Masculine Identifications in Girls

Bibliographic Data

ID9232133
AuthorsKatharine Rees (375 West End Ave., New York, N. Y. 10024, corresponding author)
Year1987
Volume56
Issue3
Pages497-522
Publication date1987-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21674086.1987.11927185
PMID3615699
OpenAlexW2412018801
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited12

This paper suggests revisions in our understanding of feminine identity formation, the girl's negative oedipus complex, and masculine identifications in girls. Analytic material from the cases of three girls is used to explore the various origins and intrapsychic functions of masculine identifications at each phase of the girl's development. Accounts of feminine development based on such concepts as castration shock, primary femininity, primary identification with mother, or core gender identity are seen as oversimplified. Feminine and masculine identifications are neither primary nor secondary, but the product of a long line of development, of ongoing conflict resolution, and of defensive transformations

Aesthetics · Developmental psychology · Femininity · Gender identity · Girl · Human sexuality · Identification (biology) · Identity (music) · Masculinity · Oedipus complex · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sexual identity · Sociology · Early Childhood Education and Development · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology