evaluation psychodynamic to gender development

• support for psychodynamic explanation comes from the finding that females who had good relationship with their fathers, found men who resembled their fathers more attractive - WISZEWSKA

  • supporting the psychodynamic theory of the Electra complex, suggesting girls romantic desires are centred on their fathers
• psychodynamic explanation is criticised for being androcentric - focusing on male development and viewing females as inferior in comparison
• an issue with psychodynamic is that FREUD says that for a healthy gender development, a child needs both parents to resolve their Oedipus/ Electra complex

  • GOLOMBOK et al found that children from single-parent families go on to develop normal gender identities, reducing the validity of psychodynamic theories