bedensel, ruhsal ve toplumsalın kesişiminde cinsel ve cinsiyetli bir yetişkin olmak: bazı kavramsal hatlar*

This article examines the concepts of psychic bisexuality, sexual identity, and gender identity which have been integral to psychoanalytic theory from its inception to the present, and it explores the work to become a sexual and gendered subject extending into early adulthood, by addressing current debates surrounding these concepts. Particular emphasis is placed on the changes that have occurred with the introduction of the concept of gender into psychoanalysis, and it is noted that the concept of identity is also increasingly inclined to be integrated into contemporary psychoanalytic thought. Throughout the article, conceptual shifts within psychoanalysis are examined in conjunction with the contemporary experience of the young adult subject, and an attempt is made to understand this experience through the intersections of the bodily, psychical, and social. Attention is drawn to the particular importance of early adulthood, a period in which the experience of becoming a sexual and gendered adult is lived out. Furthermore, it is noted that it is impossible to understand the diversifying and multiplying forms of subjectivity today without taking into account the technological, social, and cultural changes we are experiencing and their effects. The text underscores that psychic bisexuality is an intrinsic and fundamental quality of the human psyche across all forms of subjectivity.