ABSTRACT
In what ways might being a man be different to being a woman? Is it possible to describe those differences without getting caught in double binds about identity, power, role and relationship? How might these differences unconsciously de®ne what happens in a male±female relationship, as Jung implies in the quote above? He asserted that every man carries a contrasexual image of woman ± anima ± and every woman carries the image of man ± animus (Jung, 1953/1966). How might this, and other readings of female±male relations, help us make fresh sense of gender in our postmodern, pluralistic world?
