Citation

Beier KM. J. Sex Marital Ther. 2000; 26(1): 79-93.

Affiliation

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft und Sexualmedizin des Universitätsklinikums Charité, Berlin, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/009262300278669

PMID

10693118

Abstract

Unlike the intrapsychic mechanism for self-esteem regulation in males as a basic component of perversion--extrapsychically (compensationally) culminating in an output of sexual impulses--a functional stabilization of the female self-concept seems more likely if conflict drives were to be focused on reproductional aspects and not on sexuality. It therefore seems more suitable to use a new expression in linguistic analogy to perversion: "reproversion." The case history gives an example of a clinical manifestation of "reproverse" symptom formation. The general survey describes the main points of view in regard to clinically oriented differentiation, i.e., intensity, ego-proximity in the personality structure, and one's own self-acceptance within "reproverse" symptom formation. Underlying personality disturbances are also discussed. The significance of reproversion is relevant to many different specialized medical fields. This is explained in conclusion, using the examples of denied pregnancy and infanticide at birth based on initial empirical results.

Language: en