Klein, Melanie. “The Effects of Early Anxiety Situations on the Sexual Development of the Girl.” 1932. The Psychoanalysis of Children. London: Virago, 1989. 194-239.

Outline

The Anxiety-Situation of the Girl       

Early Stages of the Oedipus Conflict 

The Omnipotence of Excreta    

Early Relation to the Mother    

The Role of the Vagina in Infantile Sexual Development     

The Castration Complex  

Restitutive Trends and Sexuality       

External Factors      

Development at Puberty

Relations to her Children  

Ego Development    

Postscript