A Barrenness of Body and Theory, An Analysis of Infertility

Author: Donna Bassin1

Source: Studies in Gender and Sexuality, Volume 2, Number 1, 15 January 2001 , pp. 63-82(20)

Publisher: Analytic Press

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Abstract:

This essay tracks the vicissitudes of woman’s analysis during her three year attempt to become pregnant, and in her own words, "to become a real mother." As a lesbian daughter of heterosexual parents, she attempted to "cure" her infertility, and redress her self- perceived sexual sins through compliance with a fantasy of heterosexual completion. This fantasy came to be seen as a diversion from the more difficult task of re-engaging with a symbolic oedipal dilemma and bearing parricide guilt.

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

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