%0 Journal Article %T Reduzir-se a nada: articula£¿£¿es entre o masoquismo, o feminino e a m¨¢scara %A Ribeiro %A Carolina Nassau %A Pinto %A Jeferson Machado %J Psicologia USP %D 2012 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0103-65642012005000009 %X this paper demonstrates that the feminine doesn¡¯t have an inherent masochist character. the supposed feminine masochism would be one of the masks used by the feminine as means to find a place as well as to attract the male¡¯s desire. yet we conclude that there are some partnerships so devastating that they can diminish the subject to nothing. %K psychoanalysis %K literature %K masochism %K feminine %K mask. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-65642012005000009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en