SOC275H5 Lecture 3: Psychoanalytic and Developmental Perspectives on Gender
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Introduced by sigmund freud (1856-1939: sexuality played a critical role in the development, freud divided personality structure into 3 types: Id: instincts, driven by the libido: ego: balancing forced, superego: internalized norms, values and expectation of society, the id is controlled by the ego which balances our actions and superego is the expectations by the ego. Lack of understanding on female development: androcentric, he places a lot of his attention on penis, most of his theories is through talking to people which included a small. Focused mainly on biological factors and not environmental. Lack of scientific research group of upper class women in vienna: based on his recollection of his childhood. Why do they have to be forced upon: sandra bem (1974) Introduced four types of gender: androgynous- who score a high rank in the survey for both masculine and feminine traits.
