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Freud and feminine subjectivity

¹New York Psychoanalytic Institute, USA.

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

|January 1, 1996

Summary

Psychoanalytic theory struggled with feminine sexuality due to an unappreciated factor: subjectivity. Understanding feminine sexual pleasure requires recognizing women as active agents, not just passive objects.

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Area of Science:

Psychoanalytic theory
Psychology of gender
Feminine sexuality

Background:

Psychoanalytic understanding of feminine sexuality, particularly sexual pleasure, has historically faced significant challenges.
A key overlooked factor contributing to these difficulties is the concept of subjectivity.
Traditional psychoanalytic frameworks often associated active, subject-oriented, and libidinal drives with masculinity, while femininity was linked to passivity and object-orientation.