Sigmund Freud said "anatomy is destiny". Do you agree or disagree? In what ways does this describe the many d

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Sigmund Freud said "anatomy is destiny". Do you agree or disagree? In what ways does this describe the many differences between men and women?

Answer 1

No, biology is only half of who you are, your environment being the other half. Aside from that I generally disagree with Freud on principle, as he was a sexist, crazy, s*x obsessed cocaine-addict, who based most of his theories off of a few rich, white, European women. Additionally any theory of his that was correct had an incorrect basis. Sorry, that was my little Freud rant, had to be done.

Answer 2

Overstatement.

What differences between men and women? (I didn't take the quote to be referring to THAT anatomy.)

PEOPLE vary; individuals of each s*x vary much more than any summary statistics between the two groups.

If he WAS talking about s*x, remember he lived when women's options were much more restricted than now; so it would be less true today.

Uh, it doesn't "describe" anything; it's a generalization (an over-generalization).

In broader terms, there are things that are inborn: talents, some facets of personality. But that isn't "destiny" -- there's all the stuff that happens to us, and the stuff we do, too.