penis envy

in holiday mood~~~~~~~~~~

the lazy bug in me strikes back with vengeance, now i sleep no less than 12 hrs a day, skipping every possible lecture i have to attend.

Was disturbed from my sleep again this afternoon, this time not by the heat. Juneyi told me that taitat had booked the media library to screen Dr strangelove (another weird film that funny lecturer wants us to watch), so i struggled to wake and met juneyi to go to the media library. Juneyi is a very interesting character, cos she doesn't know her way around NTU after 7 months in the institute. Chatted along the way and don't know how the conversation led to her saying she wants to be a male in her next life.... I thought that was rather interesting but i did not comment. Why interesting??? cos i just read about it yesterday.

electra complex.

quote
"Penis envy - An aspect of Sigmund Freud's developmental theory. Freud believed that during development girls had to switch from having the mother as the love object to having the father as the love object: and also switch from the clitoris to the vagina as the main genital zone. At about the age of four, Freud believed that girls first discovered they lacked a penis. The girl will blame her mother or the lack of a penis and the consequent hurt to her own self-esteem. This causes the girl to give up clitoral sexuality, and turn to the father as love object. This aspect of Freud's theory has received a great deal of criticism, particularly from feminist psychoanalysts. "

Of course, I'm not saying that her wish to be a male next life is related to this electra complex thing. I don't quite believe the theory myself. But after reading up on psychoanalysis for the past few weeks and having a significant number of female friends wanting to be male (in their next life), I wonder if some of the theories i read are true... crudely put it, the phallus as the symbol of authority.

Don't quote me on anything. I'm not sure.