Psychoanalytic Theory Id • Superego • Ego Five Stages Of Gender Identification

KEY CONCEPTS Elements Of Personality Id – irrational, biological, all about pleasure Superego – irrational, sociological, all about morals Ego – rational, middle ground between need and reality

KEY CONCEPTS Elements Of Personality Identification Stages Id – irrational, biological, all about pleasure Superego – irrational, sociological, all about morals Ego – rational, middle ground between need and reality Identification Stages The Oral and Anal Stages (years 1 and 2) The Phallic Stage (years 3-6) Oedipus Complex and Castration Anxiety Electra Complex and Penis Envy The Latency and Genital Stages (years 7 and beyond)

KEY CONCEPTS Elements Of Personality Identification Stages Id – irrational, biological, all about pleasure Superego – irrational, sociological, all about morals Ego – rational, middle ground between need and reality Identification Stages The Oral and Anal Stages (years 1 and 2) The Phallic Stage (years 3-6) Oedipus Complex and Castration Anxiety Electra Complex and Penis Envy The Latency and Genital Stages (years 7 and beyond)

KEY CONCEPTS Elements Of Personality Identification Stages Id – irrational, biological, all about pleasure Superego – irrational, sociological, all about morals Ego – rational, middle ground between need and reality Identification Stages The Oral and Anal Stages (years 1 and 2) The Phallic Stage (years 3-6) Oedipus Complex and Castration Anxiety Electra Complex and Penis Envy The Latency and Genital Stages (years 7 and beyond)

Psychoanalytic Theory Gynocentric Approaches

Phallocentrism? Phallocentrism?

KEY CONCEPTS Freud’s Personality Outcomes Criticisms What Boys Get . . . goodies galore What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism Criticisms Evidence Difficult To Gain Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable Gynocentric Approaches Karen Horney’s Womb Envy Dorothy Dinnerstein’s Mommy Power Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory Also considered a “detachment” theory “Me and mom are one” Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships

Personality Outcomes WHAT BOYS GET WHAT GIRLS GET Masculine Identification Misogyny A Strong Superego WHAT GIRLS GET Feminine Identification Misogyny A Weak Superego Inferiority Complex Jealous Personality Rejection Of Clitoral Sexuality Masochism Compulsive Child-Bearing Obsession With Looks

KEY CONCEPTS Freud’s Personality Outcomes Criticisms What Boys Get . . . goodies galore What Girls Get . . . . misery and masochism Criticisms Evidence Difficult To Gain Anti-female Bias That Suggests Gender Is Fixed And Stable Gynocentric Approaches Karen Horney’s Womb Envy Dorothy Dinnerstein’s Mommy Power Nancy Chodorow’s Object-Relations Theory Also considered a “detachment” theory “Me and mom are one” Girls have a sex-role model . . . oriented to attachment/empathy Boys’ sex-role model often absent . . . distaste for close relationships