Feminine psychology

Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis.". Ed. and with an introd. by Harold Kelman.

Introduction. On the genesis of the castration complex in women. The flight from womanhood; the masculinity complex in women as viewed by men and by women. Inhibited femininity; psychoanalytical contributions to the problem of frigidity. The problem of the monogamous ideal. Premenstrual tension. The distrust between the sexes. Problems of marriage. The dread of woman; observations on a specific difference in the dread felt by men and by women respectively for the opposite sex. The denial of the vagina; a contribution to the problem of the genital anxieties specific to women. Psychogenic factors in functional female disorders. Maternal conflicts. The overvaluation of love; a study of a common present-day feminine type. The problem of feminine masochism. Personality changes in female adolescents. The neurotic need for love

'This volume presents Dr. Horney's evolving ideas on feminine psychology as well as her differences with Freud. After confronting Freud's male-oriented psychology with her own so-called female psychology, she prepared the way for a philosophy, psychology, and psychoanalysis of whole people living and interacting with their changing environments....we see a woman of wisdom and experience at work searching for better ways to alleviate human suffering.' --Introduction

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