Primary Femininity, Bisexuality, and the Female Ego Ideal
A Re-Examination of Female Developmental Theory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9233845 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dianne Elise (0000-0002-1659-6908, 5435 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 66 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 489-517 |
| Publication date | 1997-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/21674086.1997.11927543 |
| PMID | 9259037 |
| OpenAlex | W2394730496 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 35 |
| References cited | 17 |
While the concept of primary femininity advances our understanding of the girl's developmental experience, a number of contradictions and problematic assumptions are at the present time contained within this concept. I propose that we use the phrase "primary sense of femaleness" to refer to the girl's earliest sense of self deriving from the mental representation of her body. In addition, I argue that the concepts of a primary sense of femaleness and of a bisexual matrix are not mutually exclusive; an early sense of self located in a female body can co-exist with the fantasy of potential unlimited by gender. Finally, I examine the role of the mother as ego ideal for the girl
Art · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Fantasy · Femininity · Girl · Id, ego and super-ego · Ideal (ethics) · Linguistics · Literature · Phrase · Psychoanalysis · Psychology of self · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
Mothers, Monsters, Mentors
Politicized Passions A Discussion of Dianne Elise's Essay
“All the long gone darlings”
A(M)other Logic (of Love)
Oedipus for Everyone
Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory
Surmoi et culpabilité triangulaire
Engorging the Lesbian Clitoris
Female Childhood Orgasms
Obstacles to Oedipal Passion
Oedipus in Brooklyn
The Elusiveness of “The Feminine” in The Male Analyst
Response to John Steiner's “Overcoming Obstacles in Analysis
The Riddle of Femininity
Female exhibitionism
Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern Perspectives On Sex and Gender Mixes
The Absence of the Paternal Penis
Freud, The Birthing Body, and Modern Life
Women Showing Off
The Relational Tradition
The Vanished Pregnant Body in Psychoanalytic Female Developmental Theory
Gender On the Modern-Postmodern and Classical-Relational Divide
Writing Gender with Sexuality
Gender in Linear and Nonlinear History
Language is There to Bewilder Itself and Others”
Integrating Male and Female Elements in a Woman's gEnder Identity
Barbie and the Tree of Life
(RE)membering The Female Body In Psychoanalysis
Moving from Within The Maternal
Sex and Shame
Clinical Implications of Contemporary Gender Theory
On the Natal Body and Its Confusing Place in Mental Life
Primary Femininity
Bisexuality
Loosening the Bonds
The nature of the patient's problems and how in psychoanalysis the individual works to solve them
The language of psychoanalysis
The Sense of Femaleness
The Drive to Become Both Sexes
Tribute To John Frosch
Contemporary Theories of Female Sexuality
The Phallic Astration Complex and Primary Femininity
Masochistic Pathology and Feminine Development
Bedrock and Beyond
Infantile Sexuality, Gender Identity, and Obstacles to Oedipal Progression
A Developmental Line of Gender Identity, Gender Role, and Choice of Love Object
| Unique citing works | 35 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,25 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2023 (26) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 32 |