THE TABOO OF VIRGINITY

摘要: In his paper on "The Taboo of Virginity," Freud (1918) reviewed a long-standing tradition civilized cultures, according to which the male who first has intercourse with virgin thereby wins reward her lasting devotion extent that experience creates state sexual bondage in her. Despite changing mores our time are marked by increased freedom for both sexes, but perhaps more dramatically females, we have little if any evidence suggest significance been altered female or feels less victorious he won prize virginity. males good conscience, accompanying feeling victory, there is likely arise responsibility thus enslaved, and this sense carries it threats entanglements may find uncomfortable wish avoid. We here discuss some repercussions such feelings therapeutic relationships involving inexperienced therapists whose patients girls early adolescence unused talking about sex young doctors. Although considering what might call psychical virginity psychic experience, found as supervisors remarkable resistances therapist patient recognizing interpreting material. Since training be