Female genital anxieties: views from the nursery and the couch

The author evaluates developmental and clinical data concerning female genital anxieties in an attempt to address the question of its clinical utility. An effort is made to clarify evidence for female genital anxiety as distinct from castration anxiety in females in the clinical situation and in development. This paper examines these concepts from the perspective of the author's detailed observational and clinical data, which are central to this report.