On 28/04/14 13:50, poma wrote:
People are generally born with more ears than teeth,
Mister Freud.


poma


What I said is based on observations and scientific research.

I spent 3 years talking with a group of people, which included people with multiple personalities. There is actually a continuum between them and 'normal' people. For example when you drive, you are processing multiple inputs in parallel and making decisions without thinking consciously.

I came across a news article about an island were about 10% of children were born apparently female, and became definitely male at puberty. It was so common that people simple changed their children's clothing appropriately, and treated them as males. So I did some research.

A vet in a city where I lived, was in the news for formally changing his gender and having operations to make his body consistent, with the full support of his wife. I come across at least 2 similar items along the same lines. Research has found the wiring of the 'true' female mind is quite different to that of a 'true' man's, the women use more areas of both sides of the rain to solve a technical problem, whereas as men tend to use one part of one side. During pregnancy changing levels of hormones can cause brain development not to match the physical gender.

The trouble is that political agendas influence how people see reality. My wife is definitely feminine and we have a son, but she is one of the rare women with a Masters in computer science. I got wiped of the chess board by a toothless old woman at least 20 years my senior, and I am fairly strong social player who used to play in 'A' grade interclub chess teams. So the differences in the way brains work between men & women should not be used to try and 'prove' that women should not do certain jobs because they should be reserved for men, or vice versa – nor should 'political correctness' be allowed to claim there are not fundamental differences between the sexes that go beyond the physical differences!

As for Freud, due to the nature of society of his day, he was forced to couch his conclusions about what he observed in terms that were 'political correct' for his time. Plus our basic understanding of how the brain worked was extremely primitive then compared to what we know now. So even if he had been able to freely express himself, without having to conform, he would still have been way of the mark in some areas.

So simply because what I wrote conflicts with your notion of reality does not mean I'm wrong. Note that reality tends to be more nuanced & complicated than we can easily deal with, and society as a whole takes even longer to adapt. For example, only recently did Germany allow a third option for the sex of a baby, and most databases still implicitly assume that people are either definitely male or definitely female.


Cheers,
Gavin