Psychosexual development

The concept of psychosexual development, as envisioned by Sigmund Freud at the end of the nineteenth and the beginning of the twentieth century, is a central element in his sexual drive theory, which posits that, from birth, humans have instinctual sexual appetites (libido) which unfold in a series of stages. Each stage is characterized by the erogenous zone that is the source of the libidinal drive during that stage. These stages are, in order: oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital. Freud believed that if, during any stage, the child experienced anxiety in relation to that drive, that themes related to this stage would persist into adulthood as neurosis.

Works by Karen Horney

Neurosis and Human Growth, Norton, New York, 1950. ISBN 0-393-00135-0
Are You Considering Psychoanalysis? Norton, 1946. ISBN 0-393-00131-8
Our Inner Conflicts, Norton, 1945. ISBN 0-393-00133-4
Self-analysis, Norton, 1942. ISBN 0-393-00134-2
New Ways in Psychoanalysis, Norton, 1939. ISBN 0-393-00132-6
The Neurotic Personality of our Time, Norton, 1937. ISBN 0-393-01012-0
Feminine Psychology (reprints), Norton, 1922-37 1967. ISBN 0-393-00686-7
The Collected Works of Karen Horney [...]

Karen Horney: Feminine psychology

Horney was also a pioneer in the discipline of feminine psychiatry.[9][10] As one of the first female psychiatrists, she was the first of her gender to present a paper regarding feminine psychiatry. The fourteen papers she wrote between 1922 and 1937 were amalgamated into a single volume titled Feminine Psychology. As a woman, she felt that the mapping out of trends in female behaviour was a neglected issue. In her essay entitled “The Problem of Feminine Masochism” Horney felt she proved that cultures and societies worldwide encouraged woman to be dependent on men for their love, prestige, wealth, care and protection. She pointed out that in the society , a will to please, satiate and overvalue men had emerged. Women were regarded as objects of charm and beauty — at variance with every human being’s ultimate purpose of self-actualization.

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