Homosexuality In Sigmund Freud's Psychosexuality

Sigmund Freud: He Puts the Psycho in Psychosexuality The human brain is one of the most cryptic and fascinating objects in existence. Although technology and research have allowed us to uncover the anatomical mysteries of the brain, that wasn’t enough for Sigmund Freud. Freud was fascinated with the dark and twisted side of the brain; in fact, he even created a theory about sexuality at a young age called the Psychosexual Development Theory. While Freud was considered a hero at the time for his breakthroughs and accomplishments, the acceptance of his ideas has decreased over time and it now appears that he likely suffered from many of the same conditions he strived to treat. Freud’s obsession with psychology stemmed from his initial study of neurology. Upon witnessing the inhumane …show more content…
According to “Freud and His Critics” by Paul Robinson, “Freud believed that when childhood sexual experiences are repressed, they return as neurotic symptoms, whereas when they are simply responded to pleasurably and acted upon, the individual escapes illness, so to speak, by becoming a pervert” (6). In other words, Freud was trying to argue that young children have sex drives that can cause mental illness or perversion later in life. To further drag Freud’s darkness into the light, he studied 500 breastfeeding infants for an experiment. According to “Critique of Psychoanalysis” published by an unnamed author on www.socrates.berkeley.edu, “Freud argued that infants nursing at their mother’s breast displayed ‘orgasmic’ behavior, such as rubbing the genitals or breast, pelvic thrusting, and falling asleep afterwards.” The article carries on to explain that less than 1% of the infants observed by Freud actually displayed those characteristics while breastfeeding. If that wasn’t enough, another one of Freud’s patients under the pseudonym Dora was