Problems in Freud's Psychology of Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8335299 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Roy Schafer (Yale University Health Services., corresponding author) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 459-485 |
| Publication date | 1974-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306517402200301 |
| PMID | 4616980 |
| OpenAlex | W2066101972 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 37 |
| References cited | 7 |
Freud's ideas on the development and psychological characteristics of girls and women, though laden with rich clinical and theoretical discoveries and achievements, appear to have been significantly flawed by the influence of traditional patriarchal and evolutionary values. This influence is evident in certain questionable presuppositions, logical errors and inconsistencies, suspensions of intensive inquiry, underemphasis on certain developmental variables, and confusions between observations, definitions, and value preferences. Under three headings-The Problem of Women's Morality and Objectivity, The Problem of Neglected Prephallic Development, and The Problem of Naming-I discuss Freud's generalizations concerning ego and superego development in boys and girls, penis envy, biologically predestined procreativity, the role of the mother, the fateful linkages male-masculine-active-aggressive-dominant and female-feminine-passive-masochistic-submissive, and other topics as well. In general, it is argued that Freud's generalizations concerning girls and women do injustice to both his psychoanalytic method and his clinical findings
Epistemology · Id, ego and super-ego · Morality · Objectivity (philosophy) · Presupposition · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychosexual development · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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The pursuit of failure and the idealization of unhappiness
Notes on the Differentiating Function of the Ego
Psychoanalysis of a Constipated Girl
Psychoanalytic Constructions of Female Development and Women's Conflicts About Achievement—Part II
Toward a critical relational theory of gender
Creative Productivity in Women Analysts
Psychoanalytic Constructions of Female Development and Women's Conflicts about Achievement. Part I
Female Psychology
Existential analysis
Narrative scripts
Was Freud wrong about feminine psychology
Gender differences in moral judgment
Sex differences in psychoanalytic treatment
Frequently asked questions about African psychology
Appreciating Difference
The Elusiveness of “The Feminine” in The Male Analyst
Biology and the Oedipus Complex
The Second Sphere and The Story of No Story
Countertransference and the female triangular situation
As the Wheel Turns
Female Leadership
On the Girl's Psychosexual Development
German Philosophy, Freud, and the Riddle of the Woman
A Clinical Report of Penis Envy
The Danger in Deception
Integrating Male and Female Elements in a Woman's gEnder Identity
Psychoanalysis, Psychobiology, and Homosexuality
Introduction
Clinical Implications of Contemporary Gender Theory
The Ethics of Care for the Other
The Femininization of the Female Oedipal Complex, Part I
A Contribution to the Psychoanalytic Concept of Autonomy
The Emergence of a Powerful Female Workforce as a Threat to Organizational Identity
| Unique citing works | 37 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,76 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2026 (50) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 30 |