Woman's Social Status as a Reflection of the Internal Relationship to Mother and Father in Both Sexes
- Starting with three examples showing different kinds of external barriers which meet a woman in her professional life, the author examines how they are related to internal elements. She points out power as a common factor, and proposes that Freud, as well as many succeeding male and female psychoanalysts, wishfully described women as suffering from deficiencies, while the unconscious image of Mother in children and adults of both sexes is the very opposite of this: a potentially dangerous or ideally good, powerful creature. She argues that both men and women out of fear for this power try to restrict and belittle the capabilities of women. This thesis is further delineated by references to Greek mythology and clinical examples.
MetadatenVerfasserangaben: | J. Chasseguet Smirgel |
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Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Oslo (Scandinavian University Press), Vol. 2 (No. 1, March 1993), pp. 24-30. |
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Dokumentart: | Artikel / Beiträge |
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Sprache: | Englisch |
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Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung: | 1993 |
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Datum der Freischaltung: | 13.12.2012 |
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Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
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ID-Nr.: | Chasseguet-Smirgel_J_1993 |
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Bibliothek von Erich Fromm und Erich Fromm-Archiv: | Articles / Artikel |
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