Kadish Yael A
Department of Psychology, School of Human and Community Development, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa. E-mail:
Psychoanal Rev. 2018 Apr;105(2):187-208. doi: 10.1521/prev.2018.105.2.187.
Women's psychosexuality remains an underdeveloped area in mainstream psychoanalysis. The paper argues for psychoanalytic recognition of women's secondary psychosexual development, that is, an extended developmental vantage point that includes women's pubertal and reproductive experiences. The author's arguments are illustrated through in-depth interview data from a research project that was conducted with mothers from thirty to sixty years old. The author proposes that women are subjected to at least three types of psychological conflict related to their secondary psychosexual events and processes. As a consequence of this, significant psychological challenge is encountered, but also the potential for substantial psychological growth. The three groupings of conflict have been formulated as Bodily evacuations: Continence versus incontinence; Bodily unpredictability: Plasticity versus constancy; and Bodily prohibitions: Social policing versus personal agency. Menstruation and lactation are discussed in relation to these three categories of conflict.
女性的精神性欲在主流精神分析领域仍是一个未充分发展的领域。本文主张精神分析应承认女性的第二性心理发展，即一个扩展的发展视角，它涵盖了女性的青春期和生殖经历。作者的观点通过一项针对30至60岁母亲的研究项目的深度访谈数据得以阐明。作者提出，女性在其第二性心理事件和过程中至少会面临三种类型的心理冲突。因此，她们不仅会遇到重大的心理挑战，也有实现显著心理成长的潜力。这三类冲突被归纳为：身体排泄：节制与失禁；身体的不可预测性：可塑性与恒常性；以及身体禁忌：社会管束与个人能动性。本文结合这三类冲突对月经和哺乳进行了讨论。
