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The inability to learn French, a symptom of a Moroccan patient who has been living in France for more than two decades, will be considered in relation to the series of traumas experienced by the patient - traumas that have affected the integrative capacities of the self. These traumas are connected not only to the patient's individual trajectory but to the collective heritage that weighs down on each Arab woman.
This article will reflect on the way in which a culture cultivates masochism in women. It aims to explore the transferential stakes which make clinical work particularly difficult.