Description: Not all men feel rivalry with their fathers to vie for love of their mothers. In some families mother becomes central figure for her son. A silent pact between mother and son leads to denial of differences, specifically between gender and generation. The author calls this mother-son bond, from which aggression has been banned symbiotic illusion.
Review Quotes: "The important topic of male sexuality - in its many variations - and the link to a highly ambivalent bond to the maternal figure are lucidly discussed in this book. The author's references to her clinical work and to literature, particularly Proust, are very interesting. This book can greatly help professionals and laypeople to understand the compelling need, potential value, and tragic limitations of atypical or perverse fantasies and behaviour."--Dr Paola Mariotti, psychoanalyst and author of The Maternal Lineage: Identification, Desire, and Transgenerational Issues