PSY 3121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Penis Envy, Jean Piaget, Caving
14 Oct 2016
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He saw woman as inferior to men, woman were failed men ( penis envy) Belief in the importance of social rather than instinctual forces in personality development. Penis vs. womb envy: hypothesized that men envy a womens capacity to reproduce. Why are men seen as so powerful/prestige: she hypothesized the men strive for achievement as an overcompensation for their lack of ability to create by giving birth. Her theory purposes a progression of development that gives women advantages. Focused that this continuum of inequalities focused on the early experiences of children in relation to their mothers. Pre-oedipal period during early childhood: centers on the process of being mothered by a w. Boys work towards separation from their mothers, girl closer because same sex. Woman who successfully resolve this antigone phase achieve separation from their fathers and other men become independent people. For men, an unresolved oedipal complex results in treating w as extensions of themselves, violence, incest, rape.
