title: Changing patterns of femininity: psychoanalytic implications.
abstract: The social status and gender-role behavior of women has changed periodically over history, depending on a variety of socio-cultural, economic, and religious factors. Classical psychoanalytic views concerning "normal" feminine psychology and sexuality, based on Freud's original postulates were derived from his experiences and observations as a late-19th and early-20th century middle-European male. This article explores the errors involved in these traditional hypotheses concerning "penis envy," "normal" feminine masochism and passivity, female super-ego development and female psychosexuality, including orgasm and gender-role behavior.
authors.affiliation: UCLA School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Judd
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Marmor
mesh_terms: D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D019513:Feminism / Q000266:history*; D005783:Gender Identity; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000266:history / Q000523:psychology; D013475:Superego; D014930:Women / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D014931:Women, Working / Q000266:history