Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and InstitutionBantam Books, 1977 - 328 pages |
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Page 107
... castration and death at her hands . This fear is the real dragon that has to be destroyed . 3 Woman has always known herself both as daughter and as potential mother , while in his dissociation from the process of conception man first ...
... castration and death at her hands . This fear is the real dragon that has to be destroyed . 3 Woman has always known herself both as daughter and as potential mother , while in his dissociation from the process of conception man first ...
Page 196
Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Rich. with castration as punishment for masturbation ; jeal- ous fathers might actually use circumcision ( symbolic castration ) against pubescent sons ; but also , these events might ...
Motherhood as Experience and Institution Adrienne Rich. with castration as punishment for masturbation ; jeal- ous fathers might actually use circumcision ( symbolic castration ) against pubescent sons ; but also , these events might ...
Page 200
... castration , " referring to the little girl . " We must assume that this slip is meaningful , and indeed I believe ... castrated , " Freud 200 OF WOMAN BORN.
... castration , " referring to the little girl . " We must assume that this slip is meaningful , and indeed I believe ... castrated , " Freud 200 OF WOMAN BORN.
Contents
Anger and Tenderness | 1 |
The Sacred Calling | 23 |
The Kingdom of the Fathers | 39 |
Copyright | |
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