Psychoanalytic Feminism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18945950 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kristina B Wolff (0000-0002-9710-4759, corresponding author), Kristina Wolff |
| Year | 2007 |
| Publication date | 2007-02-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781405165518.wbeosp115 |
| OpenAlex | W4237475059 |
| ISBN | 9781405165518 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Psychoanalytic feminism is a theory of oppression, which asserts that men have an inherent psychological need to subjugate women. The root of men's compulsion to dominate women and women's minimal resistance to subjugation lies deep within the human psyche. This branch of feminism seeks to gain insight into how our psychic lives develop in order to better understand and change women's oppression. The pattern of oppression is also integrated into society, thus creating and sustaining patriarchy. Through the application of psychoanalytic techniques to studying differences between women and men as well as the ways in which gender is constructed, it is possible to reorganize socialization patterns at the early stages of human life. Societal change, or a “cure,” can be developed through discovering the source of domination in men's psyche and subordination in women's, which largely resides unrecognized in individuals' unconscious
Feminism · Oppression · Patriarchy · Political science · Politics · Psyche · Psychic · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Gender Studies · Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Simone de Beauvoir and Sartre
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |