| Abstract: | Women and men both struggle to achieve a healthy integration of passive dependent and active autonomous strivings. However, how dependent strivings are labeled and become manifest differ for women and men. I first describe the different conceptions of male and female dependency and how such conceptions are related to sex role socialization and to societal norms and practices. I then relate these concepts to the problem of eroticism in psychotherapeutic settings and make specific recommendations for the education and training of psychologists. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
