Adler's Sexual Theories Cooperation Between the Sexes (1978) is a

Cooperation Between the Sexes (1978) is a compilation, edited and translated by Heinz Ansbacher, of writings by Alfred Adler on sex, feminism, love, marriage, and what those entail in the realm of psychology. According to Ansbacher (1978), Alfred Adler's theory of sexuality "is best characterized as the opposite of the Freud's" (Ansbacher, 1978, p. v). Furthermore, Ansbacher believed that since Adler believed in the unity of the personality, "a presentation of his sexual theories will be practically an introduction to his theory of personality as a whole" (p. v).

To Adler, sex, social relations, and work were the three greatest problems in life that a person must face (Ansbacher, 1978, p. v). Accordingly, Ansbacher has set up this book to cover those dilemmas in four chapters that discuss the myth of women's inferiority, masculine protest and a critique of Freud, sexuality, and love and marriage.

Chapter One, titled "The Myth of Women's Inferiority," discusses the division of labor and sexual dimorphism, the cultural situation at the time of the writing, effects of the myth on women and children, and a brief essay on the question of birth control and abortion. Adler asserts that division of labor is necessary for the preservation of human society, and that "every person must fill a specific place at some point" (p. 3). If some one refuses to fulfill his or her obligation to society by participating in the division of labor then he or she can be seen to be anti-soc

Related Essays

ALFRED ADLER .... underlay many of people's problems and the sexual instinct that .... The drive for self: Alfred Adler and the founding .... Smith, S., Mullis, F., Kern, RM and Brack, G .... (2481 10 )

Gender and Crime .... Upper Saddle Laumann, EO, Gagnon, JH, Michael, RT, & Michaels, S. (2003). Survey of sexual behavior of Americans. In PA Adler & P. Adler (Eds.). .... (744 3 )

Comparison of Freud and Klein: Psycho-Dynamic Theories Identifying .... Many of Freud's students, notably Adler and Jung, famously defected .... of dependency, assertions of power or control, sexual attraction, or .... 1-4. Cashdan, S. 1988. .... (4822 19 )

Psychological Eclectic Theory .... are, on the one hand, the result of sexual repression and .... by Skinner and the psychodynamic theories, variously, of Freud, Rogers, and Adler. .... Freud, S. (1952). .... (2515 10 )

Sexual Behaviors of HIV/AIDS Subjects .... great deal of success in moderating riskier sexual behaviors .... to use the protective devices (Adler, Kegeles, Irwin .... to comply (mc) with the referent(s) (Ajzen, 1991 .... (9941 40 )

Engaging in Risky Sexual Behaviors .... great deal of success in moderating riskier sexual behaviors .... to use the protective devices (Adler, Kegeles, Irwin .... to comply (mc) with the referent(s) (Ajzen, 1991 .... (9694 39 )

rotest against the inequality with men. They compulsion of a law created by men through which women are robbed of the free decision regarding their fate must be felt by every woman as a humiliation. Within this law a woman plays less the role of a person than that of a function in the interest of progeny (p. 30). In Chapter Two, Adler uses masculine protest, and how it is exhibited in mental health, as a means of critiquing Freud. According to Adler, masculine protest develops when a person is uncertain of his or her own competence and so vacillates between the "inferior" feminine tendencies of anxiety and related phenomena and the "superior" masculine tendencies of aggression and compulsion phenomena. Adler then discusses the various neuroses that arise as a result of this tension and compares his viewpoint to that of Freud's. Chapter Three is a discussion of human sexuality and the relation between the sexual organs and the development of the personality. In Adler's opinion, the size of an individual's sexual organs and how they develop is directly related to their reaction to the environment around them (p. 78). Women's sexuality and the tendency for women to be "frigid" even when their sexual orga

Category: Psychology - A