Projective identification is a defense mechanism, meaning it’s a way of protecting the way we see ourselves from contradictory information. To understand projective identification, it helps to ...

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Ely, R., Sanaz Mobasseri, and C. Chu. "Defending White Hegemonic Masculinity: A Test of the Projective Identification Hypothesis." Paper presented at the European Group for Organizational Studies ...

Misogyny, Projective Identification, and Mentalization tells the story of women who have been erased, dismissed, and devalued, while putting forth a hypothesis about why the phenomenon occurs and what ...