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Vol. 44 No. 2 (2024)
Revista Portuguesa de Psicanálise

Fundamentos

Masculinity and its Pleasures

https://doi.org/10.51356/rpp.442a2

Published 2024-12-31

  • Rui Aragão Oliveira

Rui Aragão Oliveira
Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanálise

Abstract

The author discusses the evolution of conceptualizations of masculinity in psychoanalytic theory, between the monotheistic, phallic-narcissistic and seminal views, differentiating and interconnecting them. Secondly, the author reflects on the sociocultural and clinical expressions of contemporary masculine identity. Finally, specific aspects of the experience of pleasure associated with masculinity, its psychic organization and specific manifestations are explored in depth.

Keywords

pleasure, masculinity, paternal function, phallic, seminal

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Author Biography

Rui Aragão Oliveira

Presidente da Comissão de Ensino e Psicanalista titular com funções didáticas da Soc. Portuguesa de Psicanálise

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