Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis and interpreter of dreams, is a name everyone knows. However, many may not know he was also in the forefront of human sexuality. He developed many theories on sexual behavior; one in particular about a man’s unease towards a woman’s sexuality. Freud theorized that men placed women into one of two categories: the Madonna, a woman he admires and respects; and the whore, a woman he is attracted to, but essentially disrespects.
The Madonna-whore complex views a woman’s desirability and virtuousness as mutually exclusive traits. The Madonna is nurturing and pure. The whore is overly sexual and immoral.
The reality is that a woman’s social existence depends on her capacity to uphold a conventional public persona. The bonus is when she also ensures her partner is sexually satisfied at home.
Read our recent article on Freud's theory a SexDemystified.com
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