Fogel G I
Psychoanal Q. 1998 Oct;67(4):662-97.
The author reassesses castration anxiety in men in light of advances in psychoanalytic theory. Castration anxiety arises when any crucial part of mature psychic life is threatened. As in women, oedipal-level and adult male psychic functioning contains powers rooted in the body-mind that are distinct from those we designate as phallic. The author struggles for a comparable word to represent devalued aspects of higher-level development that are primary, "feminine," essential for psychic mastery, and threatened by loss, i.e., by castration. Defining this aspect of mental life is difficult, but it includes receptivity, groundedness, connectedness to self and others, and tolerance of ambiguity. Without access to this interior and more ambiguous continent, a man is castrated, less than whole. Clinical examples are provided.
作者根据精神分析理论的进展重新评估男性的阉割焦虑。当成熟心理生活的任何关键部分受到威胁时，阉割焦虑就会产生。与女性一样，俄狄浦斯阶段及成年男性的心理功能包含植根于身心的力量，这些力量有别于我们所定义的阴茎阶段的力量。作者努力寻找一个类似的词来代表高级发展中那些主要的、“女性化的”、对心理掌控至关重要且受到丧失（即阉割）威胁的贬值方面。定义精神生活的这一方面很困难，但它包括接受性、根基性、与自我及他人的联系以及对模糊性的容忍。如果无法触及这一内在且更具模糊性的领域，男性就会被阉割，变得不完整。文中提供了临床实例。
