The Question of Lay Analysis
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 The German edition | |
| Author | Sigmund Freud |
|---|---|
| Original title | Die Frage der Laienanalyse |
| Language | German |
The Question of Lay Analysis (German: Die Frage der Laienanalyse) is a 1926 book by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, advocating the right of non-doctors, or 'lay' people, to be psychoanalysts. It was written in response to Theodore Reik's being prosecuted for being a non-medical, or lay, analyst in Austria.
It is in this book that Freud compares the sexual life of adult women to a "dark continent":
We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the sexual life of adult females is a dark continent [original in English][1][2] for psychology.[3]
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