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THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION held its annual session on Wednesday afternoon, May 30. Papers were read by Drs. Fritz Wittels, Lewis B. Hill and Sándor Lorand.
Abstracts of Papers:
1Masculine and Feminine in the Three Psychic Systems. By Fritz Wittels (New York City).—Masculine and feminine seen from the standpoint of the superego may be defined as follows: We experience as masculine or feminine that which, at any given time or place, is held to be such. In the system "id", the concepts of masculine and feminine cannot be differentiated from each other inasmuch as the "id" in conformity with its origin from the biological stratus is bisexual. The ego (superego) demands two things from the instincts arising from the id. The second demand goes further than the first and seems to abolish it. The first demand: Be heterosexual! The second demand: Don't