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Female perversion is a term coined by Estela V. Welldon in 1992 to refer to women who commit violence, either against themselves or against others.〔Welldon, E.V. 1991 ''Psychology and psychopathology in women - a psychoanalytic perspective'', British Journal of Psychiatry 158 pg 85-92〕〔Welldon, E.V. 1992 ''Mother, Madonna, Whore: The Idealization and Denigration of Motherhood'' Free Association Books, 1988〕 Though the term can be used pejoratively and sometimes has sexual connotations, its strict definition is an instance of human behavior that deviates from what is considered orthodox or normal, and it is in this sense that the term is used by psychologists. The term is also controversial as according to Welldon there is a prevailing denial of the existence of female violence, throughout the legal and mental health community.〔Motz, Anna 2001 ''The psychology of female violence: crimes against the body ISBN 978-0415126755'' pg 3〕 ==Model of female perversion== Welldon (1992)〔 put forward a model of female perversion that introduced the term into the psychological nomenclature. The model covers several categories of violent behavior that can be directed at ones own body, against children, or against adults. Freudian psychoanalytic theory suggested that perversion fell solely within the male domain, that it was related to the phallus, and that aggressive drive was unique to men. In her book ''Madonna, Whore: The Idealisation and Denigration of Motherhood'', Welldon challenges this notion, and argues that women are equally capable of perversion. Though they do not use the penis with violence, they instead use the whole body.
The major forms it can manifest itself are 〔Motz, Anna 2001 ''The psychology of female violence: crimes against the body'' pg 5-8〕 * self-harm * eating disorders * physical and sexual abuse of children * infanticide * Munchausen syndrome by proxy * physical or sexual assault of others, including battered women who kill Welldon argues that it can be seen as a form of sexualised aggression, and challenges the Freudian view that violence is a uniquely male phallic expression.
Anna Motz, in her book ''The psychology of female violence'' suggests that the expression of this anger on the body or that of another is a communicative act, clearly sending a message of internal pain or of psychosis (Motz, 2001).〔Motz, Anna 2001 ''The psychology of female violence: crimes against the body'' pg 6〕 She calls the message "the language of the body", and that the symbolic use of violence against the body can be likened to psychosomatic illness. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Female perversion」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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