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The liberated woman: Healthy and neurotic

The liberated woman: Healthy and neurotic THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 34:177-183 (1974) Alexandra Symonds In the past eight to ten years we have witnessed a new wave of progress in .the efforts of women to assert their identity as full and separate human beings. Many women have been stimulated to think about themselves in a new way and are trying to give up some of their dependent needs in an effort to experience further growth, separation, and self- realization. Some of their efforts are truly liberating and others are confused and self- defeating. Some women are taking advantage of the wider opportunities which are be- coming available to them, others are unable to. These latter women are often immobilized by despair of not overcoming their feelings of inadequacy, or by a sterile, impotent rage against the world, looking for reparations for what they feel men have done to them. In working with patients, I have seen many varieties of women's efforts to free them- selves, both healthy and neurotic, and some of those efforts will be discussed here. Before going into the clinical material however, I shall describe briefly some of the factors that have contributed to women's present difficulties. Traditional attitudes toward women, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

The liberated woman: Healthy and neurotic

Symonds, Alexandra
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 34 (3): 7 – Sep 1, 1974
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Springer Journals
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1974 APS Publications, Inc.
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0002-9548
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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 34:177-183 (1974) Alexandra Symonds In the past eight to ten years we have witnessed a new wave of progress in .the efforts of women to assert their identity as full and separate human beings. Many women have been stimulated to think about themselves in a new way and are trying to give up some of their dependent needs in an effort to experience further growth, separation, and self- realization. Some of their efforts are truly liberating and others are confused and self- defeating. Some women are taking advantage of the wider opportunities which are be- coming available to them, others are unable to. These latter women are often immobilized by despair of not overcoming their feelings of inadequacy, or by a sterile, impotent rage against the world, looking for reparations for what they feel men have done to them. In working with patients, I have seen many varieties of women's efforts to free them- selves, both healthy and neurotic, and some of those efforts will be discussed here. Before going into the clinical material however, I shall describe briefly some of the factors that have contributed to women's present difficulties. Traditional attitudes toward women,

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Sep 1, 1974

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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