Family Structure and Feminine Personality

Bibliographic Data

ID20056424
AuthorsNancy J Chodorow (corresponding author), Nancy Chodorow
Year1994
Pages241-263
Publication date1994-12-31
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeCHAPTER
VenueHomeric Hymn to Demeter (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPrinceton University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1515/9781400849086-025
OpenAlexW2930141579
ISBN9781400849086
LanguageEN
Citations received126

This chapter suggests that a crucial differentiating experience in male and female development arises out of the fact that women, universally, are largely responsible for early child care and for later female socialization. It focuses on the ongoing interpersonal relationships in which these various behaviors are given meaning. The chapter proposes a model to account for the reproduction within each generation of certain general and nearly universal differences that characterize masculine and feminine personality and roles. Most traditional accounts of family and socialization tend to emphasize only role training, and not unconscious features of personality. According to psychoanalytic theory, personality is a result of a boy's or girl's social-relational experiences from earliest infancy. Women's universal mothering role has effects both on the development of masculine and feminine personality and on the relative status of the sexes

Developmental psychology · Girl · Interpersonal communication · Personality · Personality development · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Socialization · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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