[The situation of woman today--a psychoanalytic viewpoint].

Psychoanalysis originally considered femininity solely from the psycho-sexual aspect, quoting the Freudian postulate of the 'passivity' of woman and regarding her mainly as an imperfect male without a penis. More modern opinions are based on the specific, general view, according to which the essence of femininity is be to regarded primarily in a special way of the actual condition of human existence. Beside biological and psycho-sexual aspects the social and cultural sides of the problem should not be neglected. However, especially woman's physical nature is indicative of a relationship to others quite different from that of man.