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el padre del corte

23:24 Jun 22, 2023
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Spanish term or phrase: el padre del corte
From a text by an Argentine psychoanalyst. She is talking about the function of the father to break up the mother-child dyad. but the quotation marks in her version makes me think it is a term of art, perhaps with a specific translation in English:

Me ha llamado la atención el hecho de una especial articulación entre reivindicaciones de la diversidad y conceptualizaciones de la escuela francesa de psicoanálisis (Torres Arias, 2005). La cual valora el derecho de las lesbianas a concebir un hijx en pareja pero simultáneamente plantea la necesidad de la búsqueda de un hombre significativo (no necesariamente pareja) que oficie de “corte”. Considero que es un precio muy alto a pagar en el altar del dogma. Si asumimos que “el padre del corte” es una construcción histórica, solidaria de las formas tradicionales del dominio masculino que asegura a los padres varones el monopolio de la función simbólica.

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Wendy Gosselin
Argentina
Local time: 02:42


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3 +1Head of the household
ormiston


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2 days 14 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Head of the household


Explanation:
More a social than psychological term but could cover the idea

ormiston
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agree  neilmac: And "head" should pre-empt any perceived paternalistic bias of "padre"... (eyeroll)
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