The Contemporary Presence of the Male in the Perinatal Area: A Changed Family Dynamic
Abécassis, Marie-Laure
The Contemporary Presence of the Male in the Perinatal Area: A Changed Family Dynamic - 2014.
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Until recently, the paternal and maternal positions were clearly distinguished. It now appears that the child as an object of wish fulfilment redefines the contours of a family configuration that has become protean. If for thousands of years, men have been kept out of the perinatal stage, they are increasingly required to occupy this sphere as well as their partners. Most notably this includes the moment when the ultrasound offers the “imaged” illusion of being in the presence of the foetus in the mother’s body. Based on clinical practice, it is a matter of examining the effects at the psychic level of these transformations in the relational dynamics of the triad father-mother-child.
The Contemporary Presence of the Male in the Perinatal Area: A Changed Family Dynamic - 2014.
51
Until recently, the paternal and maternal positions were clearly distinguished. It now appears that the child as an object of wish fulfilment redefines the contours of a family configuration that has become protean. If for thousands of years, men have been kept out of the perinatal stage, they are increasingly required to occupy this sphere as well as their partners. Most notably this includes the moment when the ultrasound offers the “imaged” illusion of being in the presence of the foetus in the mother’s body. Based on clinical practice, it is a matter of examining the effects at the psychic level of these transformations in the relational dynamics of the triad father-mother-child.
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