The leader of The Family was the charismatic, ruthless and manipulative Charles Manson. America was captivated by him, and by the young women who, under his spell, had snuck into two houses in Los Angeles to murder people they had never met. The trial was nationally broadcast, and Manson became a household name. (NPR. (n.d.) But how did Charles Manson become the way he did? Could it be how he was raised and/or where he grew up?
Family Structure
Charles Manson was born Charles Milles Maddox on November 12, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old girl who was both an alcoholic and prostitute. Kathleen later married William Manson, but the marriage ended quickly and Charles was placed in a boy’s school. Although the boy …show more content…
He had to be around an alcoholic, abusive, resentful mother. The experiences of this family structure affected Manson in his later life and have influenced him to engage into his criminal behavior. Having an alcoholic parent basically meant that his mom was unavailable, emotionally and physically. I find this factor is linked to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. Manson never got past the second stage; he never had the security of body, of employment, of resources, of mortality, of the family, of health and of property. His mother was in prison most of the time and when she was home she was out drinking, never gave Manson the safety that he needed to move on to the next …show more content…
As a young child having these characteristics they naturally carried out on into his adult life. As he grew older his manipulative strengths and leadership skills grew too. He ruled with fear, drugs (LSD) and sex. I find that this factor is linked to Freud’s Psychosexual Theory. Manson fixated in the first stage of this theory, the oral stage; he gave his followers LSD to manipulate/control them to make commit sexual acts, murders, ect. He’s fixated on the mouth and administering drugs in an oral way, Manson never got to fully pass the oral stage of Freud’s Psychosexual Theory causing him to get fixated on the stage and causing major psychological
Family Structure
Charles Manson was born Charles Milles Maddox on November 12, 1934, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Kathleen Maddox, a 16-year-old girl who was both an alcoholic and prostitute. Kathleen later married William Manson, but the marriage ended quickly and Charles was placed in a boy’s school. Although the boy …show more content…
He had to be around an alcoholic, abusive, resentful mother. The experiences of this family structure affected Manson in his later life and have influenced him to engage into his criminal behavior. Having an alcoholic parent basically meant that his mom was unavailable, emotionally and physically. I find this factor is linked to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory. Manson never got past the second stage; he never had the security of body, of employment, of resources, of mortality, of the family, of health and of property. His mother was in prison most of the time and when she was home she was out drinking, never gave Manson the safety that he needed to move on to the next …show more content…
As a young child having these characteristics they naturally carried out on into his adult life. As he grew older his manipulative strengths and leadership skills grew too. He ruled with fear, drugs (LSD) and sex. I find that this factor is linked to Freud’s Psychosexual Theory. Manson fixated in the first stage of this theory, the oral stage; he gave his followers LSD to manipulate/control them to make commit sexual acts, murders, ect. He’s fixated on the mouth and administering drugs in an oral way, Manson never got to fully pass the oral stage of Freud’s Psychosexual Theory causing him to get fixated on the stage and causing major psychological