COMM 4135 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Penis Envy, Gentleness
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* we are born into a gendered society and learn out gender roles from it. Self-as-object: the ability to think about ourselves and reflect and respond to ourselves (through the eyes of others) Monitoring: internal dialogues with other"s perspectives that are internalized; we observe and regulate our attitudes and behaviors; it takes place inside ourselves but involves others. * family: primary influence on gender identify formation: Unconscious process: psychoanalytic theory and initial identification. * person"s core identity is shaped in the early years of life. * anatomy is destiny : biology determines which parent a child will identify with and how child"s psyche develops. * freud believed a males penis was symbolic for privilege and power that society gives males (coming up with the idea that women had penis envy ) * children initially identify with their primary care taker which is normally a woman. * children of both sexes from first identification with adult women.
