psychoanalytic theory gynocentric approaches. phallocentrism?phallocentrism?
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Psychoanalytic TheoryGynocentric Approaches
Psychoanalytic TheoryGynocentric Approaches
Phallocentrism?Phallocentrism? Phallocentrism?Phallocentrism?
KEY CONCEPTS• Freud’s Personality Outcomes
• What Boys Get . . . goodies galore• What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism
• Criticisms• Evidence Difficult To Gain• Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable
• Gynocentric Approaches• Karen Horney’s Womb Envy• Dorothy Dinnerstein• Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory
• Also considered a “detachment” theory• “Me and mom are one”• Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy• Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships
Personality OutcomesPersonality Outcomes
WHAT BOYS GET•Masculine Identification•Misogyny•A Strong Superego
WHAT GIRLS GET•Feminine Identification•Misogyny•A Weak Superego•Inferiority Complex•Jealous Personality•Rejection Of Clitoral Sexuality•Masochism•Compulsive Child-Bearing•Obsession With Looks
KEY CONCEPTS• Freud’s Personality Outcomes
• What Boys Get . . . goodies galore• What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism
• Criticisms• Evidence Difficult To Gain• Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable
• Gynocentric Approaches• Karen Horney’s Womb Envy• Dorothy Dinnerstein’s Mommy Power• Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory
• Also considered a “detachment” theory• “Me and mom are one”• Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy• Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships