| Abstract: | Examines Freud's views on female psychosexual development and femininity. The effect of Freud's patriarchal bias on the manner in which his followers analyzed women and the goals they set for the analysis of women are shown via vignettes. The feminist reexamination of previously accepted Freudian postulates yielded an examination of countertransference so that women began to be listened to during their analyses rather than told how it is and should be. Analysis of the pathological conformity to gender stereotypes and to gender mythologies is considered, as these determine not only the external realities in which women and men live but also the content and shape of the psychic world of each gender. Vignettes illustrate technical suggestions applicable to the analysis of women. New findings are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
