This book goes beyond the established consensus that sexual boundary violations constitute a serious breach of professional ethics,to explore the cultural and historical implications of their chronic persistence. It appeals to specialists in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, critical theory, feminist studies and social thought. "Most of the literature on sexual boundary violations focuses on the individual psychology of the analyst and the patient. This groundbreaking volume treats the continuing prevalence of boundary violations as a property of the group, focusing steadily on the analyst's transgression as an inherent by-product of the profession itself. What is it about psychoanalysis that breeds ethical misconduct in the name of healing? Is there a cure? This book is riveting, both for its original and well-written scholarship and its direct confrontation of the psychoanalytic field." Dawn Skorczewski, Ph.D, Research Professor of English, Brandeis University