Gender Typing

Gender typing is the process of acquiring one's appropriate behaviors. The book describes 2 biological perspectives and 4 psychological perspectives. I agree most with the evolutionary perspective, and the social cognitive approach. It makes perfect sense that men nowadays yearn to be strong, and the protectors, and the providers, because in ancient times they were expected to do this.

I agree with the social cognitive theory because I learned the most by observing my mom and dad and how they act.  I also learned what not to do based on how my parents acted, therefore they modelled me into who, and who I do not want to become as an adult.

I disagree most with the Oedipus Rex complex. I find it very hard to believe that when I was younger I secretly wanted to have a penis. Also the idea that young boys unconsciously want to kill their fathers is absurd. When boys are young they love male attention and their dad’s are their biggest fans. Why would you want to kill your role model?

It is impossible for Freud to know what is going on in the unconscious mind, therefore any theory that he comes up with in regards to our unconscious cannot be disproven, because it cannot be proved.

Psychological Androgyny is something that I thought was much more rare then 1 in every 1000 people. I would like to know how these people deal with being a pseudo hermaphrodite and how their cognitive development works. I quite enjoy Socrates myth that at one point in time there were primordial hermaphrodites, and the reason men are attracted to women is their eternal desire is to rejoin.