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Sexual Differentiation of Childhood Play: A Contemporary Psychoanalytic Perspective

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Summary: This article discusses additional aspects of the relationship between sexually differentiated childhood play, particularly RTP, and gender differences in psychosexual development and functioning. These topics and other aspects of the sexual differentiation of behavior have been under-emphasized in psychoanalytic thought.

Authors: Richard C. Friedman, Jennifer I. Downey, Arch Sex Behav, December 2013