To explore the issue of gender development and its applications and implications with respect to dynamic psychiatry.
Method:
Gender study is approached in this paper as a continually evolving process of thinking about male and female attributes, similarities, and differences. The paper reviews a specific thematic area of the extensive literature on the subject.
Results:
Gendered psychosexual development and identity construction are intertwined and determined by multibiopsychosocial factors. Freud's theory on femininity is briefly reviewed from the perspective of new theoretical developments.
Conclusions:
The paper highlights the fact that gender is becoming a useful conceptual tool in clinical practice, teaching, and neurosciences.
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