Primary Femininity, Bisexuality, and the Female Ego Ideal

A Re-Examination of Female Developmental Theory

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9233845
AutoresDianne Elise (0000-0002-1659-6908, 5435 College Ave., Oakland, CA 94618, autor correspondente)
Ano1997
Volume66
Fascículo3
Páginas489-517
Data de publicação1997-07-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoThe Psychoanalytic Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0033-2828 • E-ISSN: 2167-4086
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/21674086.1997.11927543
PMID9259037
OpenAlexW2394730496
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas35
Referências citadas17

While the concept of primary femininity advances our understanding of the girl's developmental experience, a number of contradictions and problematic assumptions are at the present time contained within this concept. I propose that we use the phrase "primary sense of femaleness" to refer to the girl's earliest sense of self deriving from the mental representation of her body. In addition, I argue that the concepts of a primary sense of femaleness and of a bisexual matrix are not mutually exclusive; an early sense of self located in a female body can co-exist with the fantasy of potential unlimited by gender. Finally, I examine the role of the mother as ego ideal for the girl

Art · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Fantasy · Femininity · Girl · Id, ego and super-ego · Ideal (ethics) · Linguistics · Literature · Phrase · Psychoanalysis · Psychology of self · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology