Abstract EN:

Feminity opens up a field of research though which to define and demarcate the function of certain models resulting from the Freudian approach such as that of anality : stage, zone, relationship. Conducting an investigation in this field involves clinical practice and theory. After an historic reminder of the various theses on feminine psychosexuality, the research will invoke the distinctions regarding the relationship, depression and the Oedipus complex in young girls. Anality, which is often associated with feelings of shame and guilt, constitues a relationship treated as an an organising and integrating movement. The issue at stake is not simply the attainment of genital sexuality but also the processes of separation and symbolisation in the course of psychic maturation. Many expressions of the anal relationship entail demonstrations of hate, disgust and shame of dirty, impure sensations. Masochism is the crucial question at this point. Anality is often concealed in adult's sex lives despite being revealed by specific behaviour without knowing whether such activities come into the category of perverse practices or private intimacy. As a result, the emphasis is placed on the notion of infantile sexuality. . .