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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Female Perversions
I'm currently reading this book for a women's studies class on psychoanalysis and gender. The author succeeds in posing critical questions to psychoanalytic theories of perversions such as fetichism, sadomasochism, etc. However, I think her arguments were clouded sometimes by what seemed like moral judgements, for example in saying that "Perverts don't make love,...
Published on November 29, 1999
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18 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
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"...normal femininity..a perversion.."
Although this book has some interesting ideas, the author's perspective is limited by a narrow focus on freudian theories on penis envy and castration fear. The overall work is also tinged with an outdated 80's feminism that blames the evil patriarch for enslaving helpless women. The author seems to have a contempt of all traditional femininity. At one point she refers to...
Published on July 3, 2001 by J. Whiteman
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Female Perversions,
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This review is from: Female Perversions (Paperback)
I'm currently reading this book for a women's studies class on psychoanalysis and gender. The author succeeds in posing critical questions to psychoanalytic theories of perversions such as fetichism, sadomasochism, etc. However, I think her arguments were clouded sometimes by what seemed like moral judgements, for example in saying that "Perverts don't make love, they make hate". It has really interesting case studies. I would recommend it to anyone interested in re-thinking psychoanalysis.
22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Female Perversions,
By A Customer
This review is from: Female Perversions (Paperback)
I'm currently reading this book for a women's studies class on psychoanalysis and gender. The author succeeds in posing critical questions to psychoanalytic theories of perversions such as fetichism, sadomasochism, etc. However, I think her arguments were clouded sometimes by what seemed like moral judgements, for example in saying that "Perverts don't make love, they make hate". It has really interesting case studies. It also helps to analyze one's own behavior in terms of sexuality and its intersection with how we gender our actions in every day life. I would recommend it to anyone interested in re-thinking psychoanalysis.
18 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Female Perversions (Paperback)
Although this book has some interesting ideas, the author's perspective is limited by a narrow focus on freudian theories on penis envy and castration fear. The overall work is also tinged with an outdated 80's feminism that blames the evil patriarch for enslaving helpless women. The author seems to have a contempt of all traditional femininity. At one point she refers to parent's teaching children to act in feminine or masculine ways as 'soul murders.' The book ends with the words "..normal femininity..a perversion, if you will." If you are looking for progressive thinking you will find this book quite conservative.
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1.0 out of 5 stars
Distanced from reality,
This review is from: Female Perversions (Paperback)
Kaplan's thesis arise from her definition of "perversion." But given her wide definition of perversion, what use can we make of it, for almost anything will be, and can be, encompassed within this definition?
A work most distant from reality. A work of sophistry. |
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Female Perversions by Louise J. Kaplan (Hardcover - December 1, 1990)
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