Shame, hatred, and pornography: Variations on an aspect of current times

Int J Psychoanal. 2015 Dec;96(6):1603-14. doi: 10.1111/1745-8315.12417. Epub 2015 Oct 6.

Abstract

Drawing on a number of clinical vignettes, the author seeks to highlight the relations between shame, hatred and pornography in contemporary clinical practice, and to explore certain metapsychological avenues that can help us understand how these relations are established.

Keywords: autoerotism; ego ideal; hatred; modesty; negativity; pornography; shame.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Erotica / psychology*
  • Hate*
  • Humans
  • Psychoanalysis / methods*
  • Shame*