Psychoanalytic Theory Gynocentric Approaches

Phallocentrism?Phallocentrism?

KEY CONCEPTS Freud’s Personality Outcomes What Boys Get... goodies galore What Girls Get.... misery and masochism Criticisms Evidence Difficult To Gain Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable Gynocentric Approaches Karen Horney’s Womb Envy Dorothy Dinnerstein Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory Also considered a “detachment” theory “Me and mom are one” Girls have a sex-role model... oriented to attachment/empathy Boys’ sex-role model often absent... distaste for close relationships

Personality Outcomes WHAT BOYS GET Masculine Identification Misogyny A Strong Superego WHAT GIRLS GET Feminine Identification Misogyny A Weak Superego Inferiority Complex Jealous Personality Rejection Of Clitoral Sexuality Masochism Compulsive Child-Bearing Obsession With Looks

KEY CONCEPTS Freud’s Personality Outcomes What Boys Get... goodies galore What Girls Get.... misery and masochism Criticisms Evidence Difficult To Gain Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable Gynocentric Approaches Karen Horney’s Womb Envy Dorothy Dinnerstein’s Mommy Power Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory Also considered a “detachment” theory “Me and mom are one” Girls have a sex-role model... oriented to attachment/empathy Boys’ sex-role model often absent... distaste for close relationships