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In "Boys and girls: The development of gender roles," Beale gives us
revealing overview of Freud's personality theory. Beale point out both
strengths and weaknesses of his answer to the questions of "Why" and "How"
in gender development, but still leaves a chance for a reader to make up
her/his own mind about whether or not to accept Freud's theory. It is
relatively easy, however, to find oneself torn between openheartedly going
along with Freud's idea about the existence of a dynamic system (or libido)
in us, and reacting against the ease and assurance with which Freud writes
about castration fear in boys and penis envy in girls.
Freud's view of personality as a dynamic system of psychological
energy is a very complex, yet insightful approach to the development of
personality. The nature of the id, ego, and superego, and the psychosexual
stages that these three structures focus on during a course of one's
development, give a plethora of reasons to believe......

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