title: Genesis of a femme and her desire.
abstract: SUMMARY This essay explores the erotically resignified roles of Mommy, Daddy, girl and boy in butch and femme. Using Freud's "Case of Homosexuality in a Woman" and personal narrative, the author focuses on the primal need for family and questions how, rather than why, butches and femmes inhabit these powerful, consensual roles in butch/femme relationships.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maltz
keywords: Femme; Freud; butch; butch/femme; lesbian; queer; “Daddy”; “Mommy”; “girl”