Be a good (dead) penis and have no such fantasies

[sovay]

Tonight, as part of Arisia's Dramatic Readings from the Ig Nobel Prizes, I got to read selected excerpts from Simon Rothenberg and Arthur B. Brenner's "The Number 13 as a Castration Fantasy" (Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 1955).

It is likely these fantasies refer to the primal scene; they also conceal a wish to see the phallus of the aggressive woman, represented by his mother and his wife. The fear of seeing the dead was therefore a castration fear, displaced to the number 13, which first emerged when the wish for his wife's death threatened to become conscious.

It's been a good day.

Comments

[nineweaving.livejournal.com]

A gem!

So sorry I was counter-scheduled.

Nine

[alexx-kay.livejournal.com]

Your title makes me think of a line from the movie Kes and I watched today: "If NASA built a penis, it would look like this."

[rushthatspeaks.livejournal.com]

... is that English?

[drwex]

I am so very sorry I missed this. I don't even know what I was doing at that time - the vast majority of the weekend was a blur.

Also, nice music choice :)