Sex Changes: Transformations in Society and Psychoanalysis

by Mark J. Blechner

The last half-century has seen enormous changes in society's attitude toward sexuality. In the 1950s, homosexuals in the United States were routinely arrested; today, homosexual activity between consenting adults is legal in every state, with same-sex marriage legal in Massachusetts and Connecticut. In the 1950s, ambitious women were often seen as psychopathological and were told by psychoanalysts that they had penis envy that needed treatment;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415994357
• ISBN13: 9780415994354
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"