Erogenous zone

Hélène Cixous, in “Laugh of the Medusa,” equates a feminist voice to a feminine voice. This a difficult claim to make, because not all feminist voices are feminine, and not all feminine voices are feminist. Let us look also at Monsieur Venus by Rachilde to further explore Cixous’ argument. What does it mean to have a feminist voice? Is it different than having a feminine voice? To me, feminine writing need not be feminist, but also should not be defined more deeply than the fact it was written…

A. Exploring the Unconscious i. Freud used free association, in which he told the patient to relax and say whatever came to mind. ii. Called his treatment techniques psychoanalysis iii. Beneath our awareness is the larger unconscious mind with its thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. 1. Some of these memories we store in a preconscious area, from which we retrieve them into conscious awareness. 2. We repress, or forcibly block from our unconscious things that are too unsettling to…

The Freudian theory acknowledged three subsystems in the personality which operates within the three regions of the mind, the id, ego and superego. The basis of the category centers on the function that each particular subsystem performs. The Id refers to the basic core within a personality, dominated by instincts and impulses, is fully functional during birth and located in the unconscious region of the mind (Carducci, 2009). It involves innate stimulus such as hunger, urges, desires, and…

Sexual identity is a straightforward, largely biological, process but gender identity is quite different. Gender identity refers to child adoption of either a typically masculin or typically feminine sex role. Although there are broad similarities in sex roles across many different societies it does not mean that there are biologically determined, As we see adults in general and parents in particular do in fact treat girls and boys quite different though this done unconsciously. There are 2…

Both overindulgence and frustration can in turn cause fixation, which means that the child is stuck at that psychosexual stage. The five stages are oral, anal, phallic, latency and genital stages. In each of these stages, the child has different erogenous zones to seek pleasure and release tension such as the mouth in the oral stage, and so on (McLeod, 2016). Basically it seems that Freud thought there was only a specific way to raise a child and you had to be perfect at it, no more and no less…

psychologists today still study his works, and some believe them to be true. Freud’s main theories consist of the “Psychosexual Model,” and the “Psychodynamic Model.” The Psychosexual Model is the idea that our growth and development is influenced by erogenous zones and our body as a source of pleasure. The Psychodynamic Model states that instinct and anxiety are the main force behind our actions. A famous figure…

In the Movie Shrek, a green ogre named Shrek lives in a swamp, isolated from a village and it’s people. He is first introduced as an isolated and angry ogre, who spends his time alone in his swamp or terrorizing local villagers. His beloved swamp is then invaded by fairytale creatures because of Lord Farquaad, who says he will only remove them if Shrek saves a princess named Fiona. Fiona is trapped in a tower, guarded by a fire-breathing dragon. So, Shrek and a donkey set out on a journey to…

can use to define what sexual means so that we can decide what is sexual and what is not? The book then gives a few examples of possible definitions including “pleasurable bodily contact with another” and “pleasure that involves our so-called erogenous zones” but suggests that these may be too vague. Another question that comes up when defining this is whether or not sexuality is a bodily necessity and whether or not it differs between males and females. It is also questioned whether or not the…

and other events in the course of human affairs (“History”). Today in American culture however, these signs are used to inform people about their daily horoscope, lucky numbers, who their right mate is, people they will or won’t get along with, erogenous zones, characteristics’, weak points on the body, even cities and plants that somehow relate to that specified sign. The earliest origins of Astrological signs can be found in Babylon. Through…

Oh, the almighty orgasms. An orgasm is the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied by the male by ejaculation. An orgasm is such a wondrous feeling in which can only be experienced by the sexually skilled. Reaching an orgasm is a tricky thing for most female individuals possibly because of the environment or situation in which that individual may be in. Yet, scientists say that…