Making room for gender in psychoanalysis

a theoretical, clinical, and ethical-political requirement

Abstract

Well, thank you very much for the introduction, Janine, and to all the colleagues at the Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Porto Alegre for this new invitation. As you said, we already had the opportunity to have our first meeting, which was virtual, a few months ago. We had initially planned an in-person meeting, which was unfortunately postponed due to the floods that tragically devastated the Porto Alegre area. It couldn't be held this year, but we hope to meet next year, in the way we like best, given that virtuality is a tool that allows us to come closer. But it's also true that, when we are in person, the exchanges gain depth, a density, which also has to do with the real presence of our bodies and our connections. So, I also thank you for inviting me to the closing of this series that you have been developing throughout the year, which, I understand, is also an opportunity to advance the possibility of establishing a more systematic approach to this entire perspective that involves the dialogues between psychoanalysis and other disciplines. [...]