Vulnerability to Violence: Masochism as Process
- 1 April 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychotherapy
- Vol. 33 (2) , 174-189
- https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1979.33.2.174
Abstract
The recent growth of violence toward women, including rape, assault, wife-battering, and marital rape, has raised questions of whether any personality trait or psychological difficulty furthers their vulnerability. Freud’s concept of feminine masochism is re-examined and translated into a culturally determined process which, if properly understood, could be changed to help women prevent or at least reduce their own victimization.Keywords
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