Tomboy's Superego Of Tom-Boyish Lesbians
4) It is found that a Tom-boyish lesbian seldom date with another Tom-boyish lesbian. Please give possible explanations to the phenomenon.
Tomboy refers to girls who act like boys in gestures, clothing, and so on (Hall, 2008). It is just a gender role, but not a sex. Also, tomboys may not be lesbians as tomboys are just wearing like boys and interested in masculine and physical activities (Hall, 2008). In my daily observations, tomboys always date with some pretty girls, but seldom date with tomboys. In the following will explain this phenomenon.
Everyone should have their superego, which is judge or censor for the thoughts of ego (Coon & Mitterer, 2010). The superego of tomboys may come from their father. In tomboys’ childhoods, their father …show more content…
It is because childhood can affect the development of gender and interpersonal relationship. Also, we cannot learn the concept of gender, but obtain the gender concept when we were small by experienced something. According to Freud’s stages of psychosexual development (Kipp & Shaffer, 2010), in phallic stage, children develop an incestuous desire for their opposite-sex parent. For girls, it is called Electra complex. This complex will trigger a conflict and anxiety for children since they have to learn their sex-role of their parents. If children have fixation in this stage, they may have gender problems. And girl may eventually become tomboys since they cannot recognize the role of …show more content…
However, if the gap of father cannot be fulfilled, children may not grasp the law of the society or even the world, since no one teaches them about these, some strange concepts may be developed. And therefore children will generate the concepts, like gender concept. If they are fixated in their own world, problems will occur. Many of my tomboy friends are grown up in a single-parent family; I think they may fixate in the period when one of the parents was left. Since their parents have to work to earn money, housework will be finished by them. This trained them to become more tough and strong, just like a boy. Also, they love showing off in front of the public. It is because they want to show how strong they are, and proving their abilities. Therefore, when two tomboys come together, they want to compete with each other as they have a high degree of control of
Tomboy refers to girls who act like boys in gestures, clothing, and so on (Hall, 2008). It is just a gender role, but not a sex. Also, tomboys may not be lesbians as tomboys are just wearing like boys and interested in masculine and physical activities (Hall, 2008). In my daily observations, tomboys always date with some pretty girls, but seldom date with tomboys. In the following will explain this phenomenon.
Everyone should have their superego, which is judge or censor for the thoughts of ego (Coon & Mitterer, 2010). The superego of tomboys may come from their father. In tomboys’ childhoods, their father …show more content…
It is because childhood can affect the development of gender and interpersonal relationship. Also, we cannot learn the concept of gender, but obtain the gender concept when we were small by experienced something. According to Freud’s stages of psychosexual development (Kipp & Shaffer, 2010), in phallic stage, children develop an incestuous desire for their opposite-sex parent. For girls, it is called Electra complex. This complex will trigger a conflict and anxiety for children since they have to learn their sex-role of their parents. If children have fixation in this stage, they may have gender problems. And girl may eventually become tomboys since they cannot recognize the role of …show more content…
However, if the gap of father cannot be fulfilled, children may not grasp the law of the society or even the world, since no one teaches them about these, some strange concepts may be developed. And therefore children will generate the concepts, like gender concept. If they are fixated in their own world, problems will occur. Many of my tomboy friends are grown up in a single-parent family; I think they may fixate in the period when one of the parents was left. Since their parents have to work to earn money, housework will be finished by them. This trained them to become more tough and strong, just like a boy. Also, they love showing off in front of the public. It is because they want to show how strong they are, and proving their abilities. Therefore, when two tomboys come together, they want to compete with each other as they have a high degree of control of