Further explorations into the complexities of femininity and masculinity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8973666 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patrick Miller (0000-0002-9301-4780, Société Psychanalytique de Recherche et de Formation, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 960-971 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207578.2025.2429311 |
| PMID | 39878008 |
| OpenAlex | W4406964046 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 1 |
This text explores Dana Birksted-Breen's notions of penis-as-link and negative and positive femininity, rooted in primitive mental and bodily states, in a dialogue between the manifestations of the biological body and their interpretation by the psyche in the construction of a sexed bodily mind. When the capacities for introjection have been impaired from an early stage, there is a great difficulty in representing and relating to a receptive internal space, hence to one's femininity, be it for a girl or a boy. This capacity for introjection in its relation to femininity plays a great part in the analytic capacity to display one's bodily receiver instrument as a sounding board for the analysand's unconscious. Instead of countertransference, one might think in terms of protransference
Countertransference · Femininity · Interpretation (philosophy · Masculinity · Psyche · Psychoanalysis · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |