Neither Jung or Freud had any idea of the psychology of the feminine. I don't think those who embrace "femininity" as an actually existing ontological entity do, either.
To embrace "femininity" is to come to rest, to be reconciled with patriarchy, to accept that "nothing can be done", which requires a corresponding woodenness and a capacity to mute sensation. A woman who retains her personhood is never "feminine" and to the degree that she is feminine, it means she is that much less of a subjective person.
On the other hand, to admit that one does not know "what women want" despite having studied them for many years and despite having made the study of women one's profession is a tacit admission that the patriarchal category of "the feminine" had (and continues to have) only negative epistemological value. It tells us nothing.
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