Ebook {Epub PDF} Women and Desire: Beyond Wanting to Be Wanted by Polly Young-Eisendrath

Women and desire: beyond wanting to be wanted User Review - Not Available - Book Verdict. What do women want? According to Young-Eisendrath (psychiatry, Univ. Author: Polly Young-Eisendrath. A double bind comes to surround female desire: a woman is damned as "the bitch" if she is direct and self-determining; but she is confused and indirect if she plays the Object of Desire. Dr. Young-Eisendrath shows us how to break out of this double bind so that we can encounter the challenges of choice and responsibility for our own desires/5(24). Women and desire: beyond wanting to be wanted Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Women and desire: beyond wanting to be wanted by Young-Eisendrath, Polly, Publication date Topics Women, Desire, Desire, WomenUser Interaction Count:

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This book explores the idea that women are conditioned to find value and meaning in life through being wanted; initially as a desire-awakening maiden and then (once we're too old for that) as a mother. It considers the difficulties and challenges of discovering our own desires away from "wanting to be wanted", which is awesome and scary. According to Young-Eisendrath, women's rampant consumerism, shoplifting and binge eating are simply manifestations of unconscious desires. Many years ago the famous French psychoanalyst Jaques Lacan said that women want to be wanted, not to be loved. Now, in her fascinating book about female desire and empowerment, internationally.