Sigmund Freud's Theory Of Childhood Sexuality

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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian physician that treated patients who were suffering from mental illness. His main focus was into their dreams, fantasies and thoughts. His development of the first six years of life occurs with the first three stages but each of them is characterized by their sexual interest and the pleasure that comes from a particular part of the body. Sigmund Freud was one of the most influential people in the twentieth century and his enduring legacy had a major impact on people, not just psychology. His theory of childhood sexuality was one of the reasons why his psychoanalytic theory was rejected the first time. It was because the Victorian sensibilities opposed the opposite theory that children were innocent asexual

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