Use three examples to discuss how psychodynamic theory can be critiqued.
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Psychodynamic theory has been soundly critiqued for its depiction of women as inferior to men, for its oppressive views of gender roles (e.g., for Freud, women were incomplete psychologically and biologically, and envied men) (Buhle, 1998; Firestone, 1970; Friedan, 1974), and as noted earlier, for its dismissal of the pervasive impact of sexual abuse on women’s growth and development.
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