Beating fantasies in a latency girl: their role in female sexual development.
Detailed clinical material is presented from the analysis of a latency girl whose inner life revolved around a series of beating fantasies. The clinical data support Freud's 1925 formulation that the perception of sexual differences initiates the oedipus complex in the girl. Whether a girl experiences vaginal sensations before puberty has been a controversial issue; in this girl vaginal sensations and contractions appeared prior to puberty.
D001009:Anxiety, Castration / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D002648:Child; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007578:Jealousy; D008297:Male; D008398:Masochism; D008418:Masturbation; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D010413:Penis; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012448:Sadism; D014167:Transference, Psychology; D014621:Vagina / Q000502:physiology