A New Look at Core Gender and Gender Role Identity in Women

An introduction to a special section on gender notes that the modern conceptualization of gender differs from sexuality. The term core gender identity, first used by Robert Stoller (1968), goes beyond biological differences to address self-identification as female or male. Changes about female gende...

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Published inJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Vol. 53; no. 4; pp. 1045 - 1058
Main Author Person, Ethel, Spector
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Los Angeles, CA The American Psychoanalytic Association 01.12.2005
SAGE Publications
Subjects
Culture
Female
Gender differences
Gender Identity
Humans
Men
Mental health
Psychoanalytic Interpretation
Psychosexual Development
Sexuality
Women
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Summary:An introduction to a special section on gender notes that the modern conceptualization of gender differs from sexuality. The term core gender identity, first used by Robert Stoller (1968), goes beyond biological differences to address self-identification as female or male. Changes about female gender in psychoanalytic theories are pointed out. The panel that begins this special section explores premodern, modern, & postmodern conceptualizations of female gender. The papers are followed by an incisive commentary that views modernism & postmodern in a broader sense. The last two contributions are a paper on pathologies of perfection that torment women & a report on the panel, The Changing Language of Female Development, which explored forces that keep psychoanalysts mired in language that no longer conveys true understandings of the female experience. Taken together, the contributions express a desire to rectify the bias in psychoanalytic thinking that identifies women as the second sex. They also acknowledge intersecting aspects of mental life & consider issues of power /powerlessness associated with gender. References. J. Lindroth
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ISSN:0003-0651
1941-2460
DOI:10.1177/00030651050530041301