No: 25 / REFUSAL OF FEMININE IN HYSTERICAL PATIENTS: EVOLUTION OF A METAPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPT

  • REFUSAL OF FEMININE IN HYSTERICAL PATIENTS: EVOLUTION OF A METAPSYCHOLOGICAL CONCEPT

    Marielle Vuillod
    Translated by: Seval Birdal
    Summary :

    The exploration of the intrapsychic functioning of patients who are suffering from hysterical symptoms shows that the feminine, within intrapsychic bisexuality, is a crucial problematic that correspons to a fragile sexual identificatory position. For the female and male patients, the fight against the feminine is dominant within neurotic organizations, where it is rather a refusal of the feminine within borderline organizations and a denial of the feminine within narcissistic organizations.

    Keywords : Hysterical neurosis, symptoms, sexual difference, intrapsychic bisexuality, feminine