title: [The situation of woman today--a psychoanalytic viewpoint].
abstract: Psychoanalysis originally considered femininity solely from the psycho-sexual aspect, quoting the Freudian postulate of the 'passivity' of woman and regarding her mainly as an imperfect male without a penis. More modern opinions are based on the specific, general view, according to which the essence of femininity is be to regarded primarily in a special way of the actual condition of human existence. Beside biological and psycho-sexual aspects the social and cultural sides of the problem should not be neglected. However, especially woman's physical nature is indicative of a relationship to others quite different from that of man.
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights; D005086:Existentialism; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D007989:Libido; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D011627:Puberty; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012951:Socialization; D014930:Women
vernacular_title: Die Stellung der Frau heute-in psychoanalytischer Sicht