In a society where women were repressed into a very narrowly defined role with no room for deviation, the other half enjoyed an attitude of "boys will be boys" and could behave "freely" from their perspective, within a less narrow but no less rigid societal constrain.

Women were literally prohibited, or at least severely frowned upon, to embark on a myriad activities that were acceptable and expected for men. Women were literally prohibited from entering many physical spaces, and were expected to be confined to other spaces - like the kitchen, the parlor and the tea room.

I guess it was impossible even for Freud to see how "penis envy" might have been, at root, "I wish I was a man so I could escape this narrow set of rules I was born and peer-pressured into, with no choice by me, I wish I was free" (not quite free, just "less trapped").

Enough to kill a small horse.

I would suggest the autor to study psychology before giving this humorous statement

Penis science!

Its a bit rough at the campus, but the science building has great architecture! So very tall!
But we mustn't forget about the two buildings beside it. Never neglect those or you won't get a PhD (pretty huge dick).

Freudian slip: where you say one thing but mean your mother.

It's kind of ironic that Freud came up with this weird theory considering autogynephilia is more common in men than autoandrophilia is in women: The Prevalence of Paraphilic Interests in the Czech Population: Preference, Arousal, the Use of Pornography, Fantasy, and Behavior

Freud was all about building interesting models for human consciousness, then using them to come to the wildest conclusions.

Tbf, with the sexually repressed and patriarchal society he was working in, there may have been some truth to the complexes he described. But to try and universalize them was a mistake imo.

Some interpret "penis envy" as a purely symbolic metaphor for envying the power and freedom given to men, with the inverse "castration anxiety" being fear of losing said power.

Freud hypothesized the subconscious had its own logic that was more about association than rational connection.

We're gonna be talking about the PENIS!

I tried to wipe my phone screen twice looking at this before I realised it's just been repeatedly jpeged

Is there a version with less pixels? I can still read some of the bigger texts.

Freud studied the Old Testament, you say?