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Feminist psychoanalytic critics of Freud most commonly argue that
(A) there is no proof that the unconscious exists.
(B) Freud devoted too much attention to childhood.
(C) women’s superegos are just as strong as men’s.
(D) men and women use different defense mechanisms.
(E) while women all suffer from penis envy, men all suffer from womb envy.
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(C) women’s superegos are just as strong as men’s.
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Feminist critics of Freud most commonly argue that, contrary to Freud’s assertion, women’s superegos are as strong as men’s. Psychoanalysts, feminist or not, generally believe in the unconscious. Feminists would be no more likely than any other group of people to argue that Freud overstressed the importance of childhood. Men and women do not seem to use categorically different defense mechanisms. While Karen Horney did suggest that men might suffer from womb envy, most feminists, including Horney, make the point that women are probably more envious of the advantages that men enjoy in society than they are of men’s penises.
Posted : 06/03/2024 6:21 pm