FREUD ON SEXUALITY

Psychological Investigation of Sigmund Freud in the Sexual Life of Man



Psychological Investigation of Sigmund Freud in the Sexual Life of Man

Sigmund Freud's Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality ", written in 1905, tried to trace the development of sexual instinct in man from infancy to maturity. This instinct is not just animal instinct, but typical for both human culture and forms of conscious and unconscious life, we live in it. For Freud, sexuality is infinitely complex and far-reaching in its effects and is the basis of identity and interaction. His third essay discusses the changes of puberty in males and females. Part IV of this paper is devoted to the differences between male and female sexuality. Freud in this part says that as far as autoerotic masturbation and sexuality are concerned about sexuality girl has a very masculine character. This paper will attempt to determine the assumptions that lead Freud this statement, as well as evaluation by Freud's distinction between active and passive and male and female.

Freud begins his discussion, noting that while it is true that the male and female Dispositions already recognizable in childhood, it is not until puberty that the sharp distinction can be drawn between the two sexual characteristics. Freud defines the trend of young girls to sexual repression to a greater extent than can be found in young boys. Young girls also tend to develop restrictions on sexuality, negative emotions, such as repressive shame, disgust and shame at an early stage than boys, and to those emotions with less resistance. According to Freud, girls prefer passive forms of sexual satisfaction in connection with a compound of the erogenous zones identified in infantile sexuality. That said, however, Freud argues that the infantile autoerotic activity and the erogenous zones of the same in both sexes. Thus, the sexuality in young girls and boys remains essentially the same. He then argues that libido is invariably and necessarily male character, regardless of sex, in which it occurs, and the object to which it is directed.

To understand this point, you should first discuss the differences between Freud's male and female. He explains in a footnote to the above statement about the nature of libido, that there are three popular uses of the terms male and female, which he listed as active / passive, biological and sociological. Use Freud's referring to the first differences. He stresses the fact that the libido is described as masculine, that active rather than passive in its purpose, which is looking for an object. This could mean that the instinct is always initiates the activity, even if such activity is a passive character. Thus, it is clear that Freud's views of male to be similar to the active, while female are a passive in nature (Freud, 1905).

Freud's notion of innate bisexuality rights, discussed in his first essay, which considers bisexual nature of all human beings possess the anatomical and mental signs of the opposite sex, meaning that male and female characteristics can be ...