Castration Anxiety

2020 ◽  
pp. 613-614
Author(s):  
Graeme Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Castration Anxiety

CASTRATION ANXIETY AND PHOBIAS

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (7) ◽  
pp. 1244
Author(s):  
ROSEMARY COGAN
Keyword(s):  
Castration Anxiety

Castration anxiety, COVID-19 and the extremist right

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Leeb
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Psychoanalytic Theory ◽  
The United States ◽  
Donald Trump ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Right ◽  
Gender Specific ◽  
Castration Anxiety

In this article, I draw on Theodor W. Adorno’s psychoanalytically inspired works on (neo-)fascism and psychoanalytic theory to outline the threat of castration in contemporary capitalist societies on economic, interpersonal and bodily levels. I then explain how the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened people’s castration anxieties on all three levels in a class- and gender-specific way. Finally, I expose how the right extremist president of the United States, Donald Trump, and the right extremist leader of the Austrian Freedom Party, Norbert Hofer, utilised castration anxieties in their psychologically oriented tricks to strengthen their base and capture new followers.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Outlines castration anxieties prevalent in capitalism.</li><br /><li>It shows how the pandemic heightened castration anxieties.</li><br /><li>Discusses how the extremist right utilized castration anxieties to catch followers.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Etude D'Un Cas De Transsexuel Male

1974 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-16
Author(s):  
Pierre G. Martel
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Behaviour Pattern ◽  
Complete Identification ◽  
Orientation Scale ◽  
Sex Orientation ◽  
Castration Anxiety

The case reported illustrates the sexual behaviour pattern described briefly in category No. 6 of Benjamin's Sex Orientation Scale. Neither observation of the patient nor the material reported revealed any sign of castration anxiety. The identification of the patient appears in all respects to be a real and complete identification as a female. The indications for conversion intervention are those already reported in the literature. The post-operative course of this patient for the last year has been uneventful. Signs of depression, suicidal gestures or wishes, and hysterical features have all disappeared. ‘His’ beard has been destroyed by electrolysis. He is happier, strives for something more, particularly a better husband, and is generally more relaxed and behaves in a more acceptable way.

The Queer History of the Castrato

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Wilbourne
Keyword(s):  
Gender And Sexuality ◽  
Male Homosexuality ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Specificity ◽  
Queer History ◽  
Castration Anxiety

This article considers the ways in which modern scholarship has read the castrato as queer. It critiques the unthinking conflation of castration with femininity, and thus with male homosexuality, and the heavy reliance that modern thinkers of castration have had on anachronistic ideas of castration anxiety. The discussion seeks to disentangle the tight alignment of gender and sexuality through the recognition of the historical specificity of castrati lives (and the resonance that castrato differences have for thinking historically about trans), pointing toward the elements of castrato identity that are amenable to queer thought, specifically, the disinvestment in hetero-patriarchal modes of production that can be called melophilia (or a love of song).

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