ABSTRACT
Juan Eduardo Tesone refers to classic theories on the origin of libido, penis envy and the pre-feminist debate against phallic monism. In the twenties and thirties, starting in Berlin with Karen Horney's rebellion against the view that women felt themselves constitutionally inferior, a series of contributions mostly by female authors, in which Jones joined in, sought to enlighten S. Freud's "dark continent". Juan Tesone proposes that the "discovery of the difference of the sexes involves including nothingness in the two sexes as a logical necessity. The lack of an illusionary penis does not touch upon a woman's core in the same way as imaginary or real damage to her own genitalia or fertility. Women have at all times become creative by working through their own topics. Frida Kahlo's work for example, besides other aspects, gives testimony to her struggle to become a mother and create a child.
