Was Sigmund Freud the male chauvinist some feminists have painted, or was he truly a liberator of women? Freud contributed much to the emotional and sexual emancipation of women, but in many areas his inner conflicts prevented him at times from setting them completely free. This book shows to what degree he was able to help his female colleagues and his women patients. Finally, it offers a dispassionate appraisal of what his discoveries contribute to an understanding of women in our own time.