A bewitchingly scary woman - Horror evoked by sexuality - Elina Reenkola

A woman's charm attracts and attracts. However, along with admiration and excitement, it also arouses terror.

In her book, Elina Reenkola expertly maps the causes of this two-fold attitude, as well as the phenomena that follow from the horror of a woman's sexuality and fertility.
Fear of a woman's sexual attraction often manifests itself as an effort to control and define it with contemptuous vocabulary or as efforts to curb a woman's sexuality. The extreme fear of sexuality leads to the mutilation of a woman's genitals, which prevents a woman's opportunity for pleasure.

Reenkola fascinatingly describes how all this can be seen in ancient myths, fairy tales, fiction and horror film classics.

The enchantingly scary woman encourages a woman to define herself, to be an actor and not a victim. In order to be equal with a man, it is essential for a woman to appreciate her own special qualities.

Elina Reenkola is a psychoanalyst from Helsinki, who has previously published the works Nainen verhottu sisis, Intohimoinen nain, Nainen ja viha, Aiidi vata ja vima and Nainen ja häpä. He is also a training analyst who teaches psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy and provides work guidance for them at the Finnish Psychoanalytical Association and the Helsinki Psychotherapy Association.