The Myth of Women's Masochism

The Myth of Women's Masochism

Author: Paula J. Caplan

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0595357504

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"Finally, a definitive study that debunks one of Freud's most damaging myths--that women are inherently masochistic--...offers healthier ways...to view female behavior." MS. Magazine "Concrete, convincing...sensible...revolutionary, calling for nothing short of a revision in our thinking about women..." Philadelphia Inquirer "...not a quick-fix pop psychology do-it-yourselfer but a thoughtful examination of a persistent, self-defeating myth." Chicago Tribune "...outstanding scholarly debunking of [an] extremely damaging cultural belief...it contains valuable lessons for...the mental health professions." Readings "So convincing are her arguments...that often one is left wondering how on earth such theories could ever have been taken seriously." Morning Star, London


Le Deuxième Sexe

Le Deuxième Sexe

Author: Simone de Beauvoir

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 791

ISBN-13: 0679724516

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The classic manifesto of the liberated woman, this book explores every facet of a woman's life.


The Myth of Women's Masochism

The Myth of Women's Masochism

Author: Paula J. Caplan

Publisher: New Amer Library

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 9780451147387

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Argues that women are no more masochistic than men, explains why the myth developed, and discusses women in therapy, at work, and as victims of violence


Sexual Myths of Modernity

Sexual Myths of Modernity

Author: Alison M. Moore

Publisher: Lexington Books

Published: 2015-11-19

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1498530737

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The notion of sexual sadism emerged from nineteenth-century alienist attempts to imagine the pleasure of the torturer or mass killer. This was a time in which sexuality was mapped to social progress, so that perversions were always related either to degeneration or decadence. These ideas were internalized in later Freudian views of the drives within the self, and of their repression under the demands of modern European civilization. Sadism was always presented as the barbarous past that lurked within each of us, ready to burst forth into murderous violence, crime, anti-Semitism, and finally genocide. This idea maintained its currency in European thought after the Second World War as Freudian-influenced accounts of the history of philosophy configured the Marquis de Sade as a kind of Kantian “superego” in a framework that viewed the Western Enlightenment as unraveled by its own inner demons. In this way, a straight line was imagined from the late eighteenth century to the Holocaust. These ideas have had an ongoing legacy in debates about sexual perversion, feminism, genocide representation, and historical memory of Nazism. However, recent genocide research has massively debunked assumptions that perpetrators of mass violence are especially sexually motivated in their cruelty. This book considers how the late twentieth-century imagination eroticized Nazism for its own ends, but also how it has been informed by nineteenth-century formulations of the idea of mass violence as a sexual problem.


Thinking Critically about Research on Sex and Gender

Thinking Critically about Research on Sex and Gender

Author: Paula J Caplan

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2015-08-07

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 1317342925

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The authors first demonstrate that most of the claims about sex and gender are not well supported by research, and then provide readers with constructive critical tools they can apply to this wealth of research to come to realistic, constructive conclusions. All of this is provided in a concise, inexpensive volume by a best-selling trade author and instructor team.


The Paraphilias

The Paraphilias

Author: J. Paul Fedoroff

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0190466324

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The Paraphilias: Changing Suits in the Evolution of Sexual Interest Paradigms examines current and past perspectives concerning unconventional sexual interests associated with both criminal and non-criminal activities. The book provides extensive case histories and tables summarizing over 100 paraphilias and the latest research regarding them. It also reviews diagnostic criteria for the paraphilias.


Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Author: R. Fantina

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-08-19

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 023060112X

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This study breaks new ground by examining the profoundly submissive and masochistic posture toward women exhibited by many of Hemingway's heroes, from Jake Barnes in The Sun Also Rises to David Bourne in The Garden of Eden. The discussion draws on the ideas of diverse authors revealing that 'masochistic aesthetic' informs many of the texts.


Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them

Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them

Author: Susan Forward

Publisher: Bantam

Published: 2011-07-20

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 030779766X

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Is this the way love is supposed to feel? • Does the man you love assume the right to control how you live and behave? • Have you given up important activities or people to keep him happy? • Is he extremely jealous and possessive? • Does he switch from charm to anger without warning? • Does he belittle your opinions, your feelings, or your accomplishments? • Does he withdraw love, money, approval, or sex to punish you? • Does he blame you for everything that goes wrong in the relationship? • Do you find yourself “walking on eggs” and apologizing all the time? If the questions here reveal a familiar pattern, you may be in love with a misogynist — a man who loves you, yet causes you tremendous pain because he acts as if he hates you. In this superb self-help guide, Dr. Susan Forward draws on case histories and the voices of men and women trapped in these negative relationships to help you understand your man’s destructive pattern and the part you play in it. She shows how to break the pattern, heal the hurt, regain your self-respect, and either rebuild your relationship or find the courage to love a truly loving man. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Susan Forward's Toxic Parents.


Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

Fairy Tales for the Disillusioned

Author: Gretchen Schultz

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2019-06-18

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0691191417

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"The present volume contains thirty-five fairy tales by nineteen writers, presented chronologically by author"--Introduction.