CPN/SAFPAC Conference 2021 - Beyond the Phallus and/or the Breast: A Relational Understanding of Maleness

In this presentation, I critically examine how psychotherapeutic and social practices are still haunted in their conceptualisation of masculinity by either the legacy of the phallus or the privileging of the breast or the mother-child dyad which disregard or repudiate the relational dynamics of maleness. For this reason, I propose new ways of conceptualising the position of the male, which involve both the enhancement of his capacity for critical reasoning and broadening of his sphere of experience to include emotional connectivity and acknowledgement of desire. I finish the presentation with a personal example as I try to establish links with my own history and background by attempting to reconnect with my father.

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