pNancy Chodorow, in her groundbreaking book emThe Reproduction of Motheringem, quite simply changed the conversation in at least three areas of study psychoanalysis, women's studies, and sociology. In her latest book, emIndividualizing Gender and Sexualityem, she examines the complexity and uniqueness of each person's personal creation of sexuality and gender and the ways that these interrelate with other aspects of psychic and cultural life. She brings her well-known theoretical agility, wide-ranging interdisciplinarity, and clinical experience to every chapter, advocating for the clinician's openness, curiosity, and theoretical pluralism. The book begins with reflections on Freud's emThree Essays on the Theory of Sexualityem, followed by considerations of Melanie Klein and Stephen Mitchell, as well as on her own work and on the postmodern turn in psychoanalytic gender theory. Subsequent chapters address contemporary clinical-cultural issues such as women and work, women and motherhoo