Gender and transgender

A metapsychological contribution to the genesis of the sexual ego

Bibliographic Data

ID8971096
AuthorsSusann Heenen-Wolff (University of Louvain (UCL), Institute of Psychology, Louvain-La-Neuve), Susann Heenen‐Wolff (0000-0001-5835-6788, UCLouvain, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume102
Issue3
Pages464-478
Publication date2021-04-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00207578.2020.1846457
PMID34080942
OpenAlexW3163788031
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

Transsexuality or transgender has become an increasingly visible and widespread phenomenon in recent years. From a psychoanalytic perspective, it has so far not been possible to understand the lack of identification with one's own anatomical body. The author distinguishes between the formation of an early body ego as a result of primary identification and that of a sexual ego as part of secondary identifications. Identical and trans-identical orientation could arise against the background of how, when gender difference is discovered, the primary identification is processed, 'translated', in an ' après-coup ' movement

Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Gender identity · Id, ego and super-ego · Identification (biology · Perspective (graphical · Phenomenon · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sexual orientation · Transgender · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Reproductive Health and Technologies · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology

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