Abstract: . . .  humiliation and control, is why the anal phase is often called the ‘sadistic-anal’ phase, as power relationships are intimately involved with its sexual component. This is also why the production of faeces is represented as a form of ‘gift’, being the first offering of the infant to its mother. Page 10 Melissa McMahon © 2006 10 What we refer to commonly as an ‘anal’ character (very tidy, perfectionist etc) is more a ‘reaction formation’ to anality, which could just as much be expressed in messiness, though the more specific term ‘anal retentive’ does capture this to a certain extent. Obstinacy and . . .
. . .  and control, is why the anal phase is often called the ‘sadistic-anal’ phase, as power relationships are intimately involved with its sexual component. This is also why the production of faeces is represented as a form of ‘gift’, being the first offering of the infant to its mother. Page 10 Melissa McMahon © 2006 10 What we refer to commonly as an ‘anal’ character (very tidy, perfectionist etc) is more a ‘reaction formation’ to anality, which could just as much be expressed in messiness, though the more specific term ‘anal retentive’ does capture this to a certain extent. Obstinacy and stinginess . . .
. . .  control, is why the anal phase is often called the ‘sadistic-anal’ phase, as power relationships are intimately involved with its sexual component. This is also why the production of faeces is represented as a form of ‘gift’, being the first offering of the infant to its mother. Page 10 Melissa McMahon © 2006 10 What we refer to commonly as an ‘anal’ character (very tidy, perfectionist etc) is more a ‘reaction formation’ to anality, which could just as much be expressed in messiness, though the more specific term ‘anal retentive’ does capture this to a certain extent. Obstinacy and stinginess are also . . .
. . .  psychoanalysis Page 1 Melissa McMahon © 2006 1 PHIL2626 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS WEEK 4, 29 March 2006: SEXUALITY Melissa McMahon © 2006 Sexuality Pt I (this week) — theory of sexuality and ‘libido’ in a general sense: infantile sexuality and the relationship between infantile sexuality and both normal and pathological sexuality. Sexuality Pt . . .
. . .  psychoanalysis Page 1 Melissa McMahon © 2006 1 PHIL2626 PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS WEEK 4, 29 March 2006: SEXUALITY Melissa McMahon © 2006 Sexuality Pt I (this week) — theory of sexuality and ‘libido’ in a general sense: infantile sexuality and the relationship between infantile sexuality and both normal and pathological sexuality. Sexuality Pt II (next . . .
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