A clumsy first encounter can permanently desensitize a woman

Evidence

Freud recalls that the material upon which the psychoanalyst begins his work is constituted by bungled actions, slips of the tongue, and dreams- phenomena that are usually considered to be accidental, contingent (pufäl­ lig), or the pure result of chance (Zufall), and thus cannot be anticipated or T h e ” chance” actions w hich are n o w to be discussed . — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1766 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Psychoanalysis begins with events usually dismissed as accidental — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded: From Neurosis to Brain…, 1766; Female possession of the body makes penetration feel like dispossession.

Broader Connections

• Psychoanalysis begins with events usually dismissed as accidental #expands (0.75) — Catherine Malabou, The New Wounded, 1766
• Female possession of the body makes penetration feel like dispossession. #expands (0.72)