PHL 606 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Abnormal Psychology, Childbirth, Helene Deutsch
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Phl 606 - philosophy of love and sex. Functioning as individuals in a much larger society; our personal insights have relevance to beliefs set in our society. Sadist - someone receiving pleasure from inflicting pain. Masochist - someone receiving pleasure from receiving pain. Womens fantasies often revolve around being dominated by men. When the personal cannot be separated from political. Feminist in everyday society with these underlying fantasies that contradict her beliefs. Samois defense - sex is an intrinsic good, thus is sexual freedom. Liberal feminism - politics preserves individual freedom. Radical feminism - politics suffuses individual freedom. Male power eroticezed - female attraction to their own subordination. The liberal does not speak to those situations in which the price of sexual satisfaction is self-estrangement . Helene deutsch: 3 principal events in sexual life of women are painful, so masochism is necessary for preservation of species. Marie bonaparte: the continual laceration of sexual intercourse".