Some of Freud ’ s ideas seem very sexist to modern people, but

we have to remember that this type of attitude was prevalent

at the time, and to his credit Freud was one of the pioneers in

encouraging people to think about women in a new light. Women

were normally seen as intellectually inferior, but Freud developed

a very close relationship with his youngest daughter Anna and

greatly encouraged her intellectual development and what he saw

to be masculine traits in her personality. Obviously he regarded her

as an interesting and intelligent human being, but he couldn ’ t quite

make the leap to accepting that the positive traits he admired in her

could equally well be feminine ones.

Some of Freud ’ s ideas seem very sexist to modern people, but

we have to remember that this type of attitude was prevalent

at the time, and to his credit Freud was one of the pioneers in

encouraging people to think about women in a new light. Women

were normally seen as intellectually inferior, but Freud developed

a very close relationship with his youngest daughter Anna and

greatly encouraged her intellectual development and what he saw

to be masculine traits in her personality. Obviously he regarded her

as an interesting and intelligent human being, but he couldn ’ t quite

make the leap to accepting that the positive traits he admired in her

could equally well be feminine ones.

Some of Freud ’ s ideas seem very sexist to modern people, but

we have to remember that this type of attitude was prevalent

at the time, and to his credit Freud was one of the pioneers in

encouraging people to think about women in a new light. Women

were normally seen as intellectually inferior, but Freud developed

a very close relationship with his youngest daughter Anna and

greatly encouraged her intellectual development and what he saw

to be masculine traits in her personality. Obviously he regarded her

as an interesting and intelligent human being, but he couldn ’ t quite

make the leap to accepting that the positive traits he admired in her

could equally well be feminine ones.