The Maternal Superego: Reclaiming the Pronominal Female

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Explore the maternal superego and the pronominal female. Challenge traditional psychoanalysis by uncovering the original source of moral authority and subjectivity.

The Maternal Superego: Reclaiming the Pronominal Female

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An exploration of the psychoanalytic origins of the superego through the concept of the 'pronominal female' as the original source of all superego functions. The lesson should examine how patriarchal structures erased this origin, reattributed feminine qualities like aggression as external, and split the feminine into the 'mother and whore' dichotomy, effectively stealing feminine rage and authority to build the paternal superego.

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