Castration as it pertains to Rear Window

On page 482, Elizabeth Cowie suggests that Lisa's want to be married, causes Jeffries to reject the loss of freedom, bachelorhood, and sees marriage as a form of disempowerment-castration-of the male.



Well the interesting question is what can we classify as "castration?" If we say that Jeffries sees marriage as castration, well then can we argue that Lisa sees remaining unmarried to Jeffries as a castration to? For Jeffries, we see that "lack" of bachelorhood, freedom, etc. We understand that lack. For Lisa, we see that lack of not being married as not being with Jeffries and sees nonmarriage as a disempowerment as much as Jeffries sees it for marriage. I think that if there can be this feeling one way, than it could certainly go the other way, just like Freud anaylizes for boys and girls;

Castration is the realization of the "lacking." For boys, they become aware of a lack and fear losing their organ. They then identify with the father. For girls, they become of a lack and feel they have been wronged and want something like it. They then wish for fullness.

Also can we say that Jeffries broken leg represents a "lack" of his ability to man up to his ego? Did the salesman see his wife his "lack" of fullfilling himself as a man and is that the reason he klilled her? Did Miss Lonelyhearts see herself as a lonely bachelorette her own "lack" to fullfilling herself too?