Reflection Paper9

I think that Freud’s work on the “Theory of Personality” is so important even by the people who do not exactly agree with him because deep down they know it is true. Basically everything we do whether we think about it or not, is for us to have sex. We go to school to acquire high paying jobs because we want to be able to attract a partner. Just about everyone wants to be with a CEO of a major company because they know they will be secured and they know they are “banging big bucks.” Money is also a way for us to attract partners because now in today’s world no one wants to have someone with a low income because they cannot provide financial security and it would seem like an embarrassment to be having sex with that person. We also want to be able to continue on with our lineage and in order to do that sex is required. We basically build up our lives not just to survive but we are building them for a family whether it is just two people or multiple people. In order to obtain what we desire we have to be aggressive, thousands of people are aiming for what we desire and many are aiming for the ones we long for. Aggressiveness is our way of fighting for our mate and I think our survival to want to continue on our own lineage. Aggression is also what we use to protect our family and loved ones as I think it is a part of our basic or natural instincts. It is so similar to what animals in the wild do; they show off their “goods” to their potential mate so they can decide if they are interested and they compare multiple potential mates, the same as we do. In my opinion I think Freud is a genius to be able to come to these conclusions. I know that many people thought that he was only just a sex crazed maniac but to me he sees the world kind of in black and white. He compares our socially and technologically advanced world with nature and its own world. I think it is absolutely true because it is a fact that we do the same things animals do just on our own level. We buy expensive cars, monstrous houses, all of these posh things just so we can attract someone of our preference, I think it is rather comical how he described it exactly.