The Madonna/Whore Constellation of fantasies often underlies well-recognized and pervasive misogynistic attitudes in our culture. These common and disturbing ideas about women serve to validate continued societal acceptance of the degradation of those people who are identified as female. The author suggests that there is a dynamic connection between the often-unconscious Madonna/Whore complex of fantasies and consciously recognized misogyny. The author suggests that this set of fantasies is driven, in part, by overwhelming (i.e., traumatic) annihilation anxiety. It is argued in this paper that men who have felt overstimulated by women both emotionally and sexually as they develop are likely to feel helpless, anxious, and powerless in relation to women as adults. To defend against these feelings, some men wish for omnipotent control and place women into the binary, dichotomous categories of Madonna or Whore. These fantasies serve to solidify masculine identity and a male sense of superiority. The author proposes that the prevailing norms in our culture that reflect male supremacy not only reflect shared patriarchal beliefs but also function to justify these particularly dangerous hateful beliefs - as if they were appropriate and even necessary to maintaining superior male status.

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麦当娜/妓女星座的含义：厌女症背后的常见幻想？

麦当娜/妓女的幻想星座往往是我们文化中众所周知且普遍存在的厌恶女性态度的基础。这些关于女性的常见且令人不安的想法证实了社会对那些被认为是女性的人的堕落的持续接受。作者认为，经常无意识的麦当娜/妓女幻想情结与有意识地认识到的厌女症之间存在着动态联系。作者认为，这一系列幻想部分是由压倒性的（即创伤性的）毁灭性焦虑驱动的。本文认为，在成长过程中感到在情感和性方面受到女性过度刺激的男性在成年后可能会对女性感到无助、焦虑和无能为力。为了抵御这些感受，有些男人希望拥有无所不能的控制权，并将女性置于麦当娜或妓女的二元分类中。这些幻想有助于巩固男性身份和男性优越感。作者提出，我们文化中反映男性至上的普遍规范不仅反映了共同的父权信仰，而且还为这些特别危险的仇恨信仰辩护——就好像它们对于维持男性优越地位是适当的，甚至是必要的。