Beyond hysteria... female enjoyment

Abstract

The objective of this work is to distinguish and demarcate the encounters and mismatches between hysteria, phallic jouissance, and hemininity, Another joy. Above all, it intends to elucidate the uniqueness of each form of enjoyment. Commonly, the hysterical structure is mixed with female enjoyment; however, hysteria does not nullify femininity. On the contrary, we find clinical phenomena that demonstrate this intersection of both joys. Hence, the phenomena of the feminine in hysteria will be different from those of obsessional neurosis. In addition, there are those who assume that there are only hysterical women, but we know that there are also hysterical men. In view of this, we already know that there are congruent points between them, because % Woman communicates both with the phallic jouissance and the Other joy. This theoretical research seeks, through clinical phenomena, to traverse the intersection between these two joys. Therefore, it is also shown that hysteria in psychoanalysis is different from common sense, which understands hysteria as a change of emotions, out of control and shouting.