The Fragile Phallus

The latest string of sexual assault and harassment scandals invites critical reflection into the structure of masculinity. While much of the media focus has been on abuses of power, popular responses such as the #MeToo movement have emphasised the everydayness of sexual harassment, shifting the focus to masculinity as such. Psychoanalysis has long held that masculinity is not a biological given, nor is it simply the sum total of patriarchal values operating on an individual. Rather, it is characterised by a peculiar, fraught and anxious relation to the psychical emblem known as ‘the phallus’. How might psychoanalysis enrich popular notions of ‘fragile’ and ‘toxic’ masculinity? This conference brings together perspectives from psychoanalysis and beyond to bring out some of these troubling (and troubled) dimensions of the subjective structure popularly known as ‘masculinity’.

Suitable for
18+

Admission
Full Price: £65 Student/concession: £50 Member of the Freud Museum: £45 Student/concession member of the Freud Museum: £40

Website
https://www.freud.org.uk/event/the-fragile-phallus/#

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk/se000274?id=EVENT586881