Sexual Animosity Between Men and Women

by Gerald Schoenewolf

This book aims to provide a synthesis of the knowledge about the origins of sexual animosity between men and women within a societal context. The book aims to represent a variety of views and is intended to be of interest to practitioners in the fields of marital therapy and psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The central thesis of the book is that sexual animosity is retrenched aggression manifested in narcissistic values and behaviour. The book aims to allow for therapeutic strategy to evolve and those who are interested in analytic theory will find source material which will be useful for further theoretical considerations on narcissism and aggression.

249 pages, Hardcover

First published July 7, 1977

About the author

Gerald Schoenewolf is a licensed psychoanalyst and professor of psychology. He is the author of 22 books, most of which are about clinical psychology and psychotherapy. He has also written six novels, a poetic translation of Chinese Daoist philosophy and an illustrated book of poetry, HOLDING ON AND LETTING GO (revised in 2020). He has also written 20 screenplays and written, directed and produced two feature films. Five of his screenplays have won awards at festivals. He lives with his wife, Julia and his parrot and two cats in the mountains of Pennsylvania.