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Psychoanalytic Theory Gynocentric Approaches

Psychoanalytic Theory Gynocentric Approaches. Phallocentrism ?. Phallocentrism ?. KEY CONCEPTS. Freud’s Personality Outcomes What Boys Get . . . goodies galore What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism Criticisms Evidence Difficult To Gain

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Psychoanalytic Theory Gynocentric Approaches

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  1. Psychoanalytic TheoryGynocentric Approaches

  2. Phallocentrism? Phallocentrism?

  3. KEY CONCEPTS • Freud’s Personality Outcomes • What Boys Get . . . goodies galore • What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism • Criticisms • Evidence Difficult To Gain • Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable • Gynocentric Approaches • Karen Horney’s Womb Envy • Dorothy Dinnerstein • Nancy Chodorow’sObject-Relations Theory • Also considered a “detachment” theory • “Me and mom are one” • Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy • Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships

  4. Personality Outcomes WHAT BOYS GET • Masculine Identification • Misogyny • A Strong Superego WHAT GIRLS GET • Feminine Identification • Misogyny • A Weak Superego • Inferiority Complex • Jealous Personality • Rejection Of Clitoral Sexuality • Masochism • Compulsive Child-Bearing • Obsession With Looks

  5. KEY CONCEPTS • Freud’s Personality Outcomes • What Boys Get . . . goodies galore • What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism • Criticisms • Evidence Difficult To Gain • Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable • Gynocentric Approaches • Karen Horney’s Womb Envy • Dorothy Dinnerstein’sMommy Power • Nancy Chodorow’sObject-Relations Theory • Also considered a “detachment” theory • “Me and mom are one” • Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy • Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships

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