title: [Is there a 'female version' of perversion?].
abstract: There have been no convincing ideas to date explaining the far less frequent occurrence of perverse symptom formation in females compared to males.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Unlike the intrapsychic mechanisms for self-esteem regulation in males as a basic component of perversion--extraphysical (compensational) culminating in an output of sexual impulses--a functional stabilisation of the female self concept seems more likely, if conflict drives were to be focussed on reproductive aspects and not on sexuality. It therefore seems--in linguistic analogy to perversion--more suitable to use a new expression: "reproversion". In addition to a theoretical explanation of the "reproversion" concept and one case history, a general survey describes the various clinical manifestations covering intensity, the egoproximity within the personality structure, the expressed form and meaning of the "reproverse" symptom formation as well as giving a view of the underlying personality disturbances. Finally, some theoretical reflections on ideological aspects point out the diverse judgement of perversion and "reproversion" in society today.
authors.affiliation: Sexualmedizinische Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle am Klinikum, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Beier
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D009289:Narcissism; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D012725:Sexual Behavior
vernacular_title: Gibt es eine 'weibliche Analogie' zur Perversion?