Are we motivated by sex?

[Tom]

Freud came up with a few theories that we are all motivated by sex and came up with some things like the oedipus complex (where a little boy is supposed to want to have sex with his mum) and the electra complex which is the same but the other way girl and her dad.

Loads of people through the years have criticised him for it and saying its a load of rubbish and saying how theres no such thing when theres children and sex just makes up a part of our life, but is it a load of rubbish?

I don't think things like the oedipus complex is true, but I think he has a point about the rest of the things. After reading a load of posts on here lately and even just thinking about general conversation in real life, a lot have been about sex, the funniest jokes are always about sex and in some ways even the most innocent of things can suddenly be about sex (e.g. a pepper mill :joker:)

So, are we motivated by it and its what we live for or is it just a part of our lives?

[Princess]

We talked about that Freud theory in a pysch tutorial yesterday and the lecturer said he was crazy and it was a load of crap :laugh:

[Lewis.]

I am :hello:

[Tom]

Originally posted by Princess
We talked about that Freud theory in a pysch tutorial yesterday and the lecturer said he was crazy and it was a load of c**p :laugh:

I think his theories are as well, I mean who honestly knows about stuff like that at an early age and even cares? But I think it has a point about the motivated by sex thing, maybe not as much as he claims but I wouldn't exactly say it was completely wrong :joker:

[Annie]

I dont think children want to have sex with the parent - but i do believe you will want to be with someone who is like your mum or dad. Like my dad always said to me i would fall in love with the smell and taste of beer cos if i taste it from someones lips it will remind me of him and that will sooth me. And he said that I will be with someone who has the same emotions as my dad. and every guy i have been with in a relationship has been like my dad and i want them all to impress my dad.

I am easily influenced to things by sex. I think sex is a very important thing in life. The other day i was having a msn convo with someone on tibb (wont say who) but they were asking what it was like and asking about myths etc they had heard and needed that cleared up. Its on peoples minds most of the time I think.

And I would say that its the best thing ever.

[Scarlett.]

Of course we are motivated by sex (not with parents though O_O :nono:)
Its survival instincts

[Lauren]

Freud went a bit batty, but his research into the subconscious dominates Psychology. Without him, I'm sure we wouldn't understand half the things we do now.

In terms of the incestuous relations, though... he's crazzzzzzzzed.

And survival of the fittest ethos to do with sex was developed by the Evolutionary Psychs rather than Freud, he only dabbled in it slightly.

Personally I'm with the neuropsychologists. Sex gives us pleasure, which increases serotonin, which makes us want to do it more & more.... & more.

Edit: Omg. I just managed to make sex sound boring.

[Wildcat!]

Errmmm OP!

I am afraid that I have to agree :sad:

MOst of the time we really are!

[Wildcat!]

Originally posted by Lauren
Freud went a bit batty, but his research into the subconscious dominates Psychology. Without him, I'm sure we wouldn't understand half the things we do now.

In terms of the incestuous relations, though... he's crazzzzzzzzed.

And survival of the fittest ethos to do with sex was developed by the Evolutionary Psychs rather than Freud, he only dabbled in it slightly.

Personally I'm with the neuropsychologists. Sex gives us pleasure, which increases serotonin, which makes us want to do it more & more.... & more.

Edit: Omg. I just managed to make sex sound boring.

YEP!!! You did!:cloud:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Aint_mad_atcha

YEP!!! You did!:cloud:

Hahah, I realised when I read back.

This time I will answer without the Psychology. :laugh:

Yes I think we're motivated by sex, because obviously it's fun and enjoyable, and so we'd do it more and crave it.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Freud Crazy? A load of Crap? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

[Lauren]

Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

I said that :laugh:

(PS. Also just noticed your name change, loool).

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

I said that :laugh:

(PS. Also just noticed your name change, loool).

ah yes I see, exaxctly, honestly makes you wonder whats getting taught these days! Good name eh:bigsmile:

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by Princess
We talked about that Freud theory in a pysch tutorial yesterday and the lecturer said he was crazy and it was a load of c**p :laugh:

I think his theories are as well, I mean who honestly knows about stuff like that at an early age and even cares? But I think it has a point about the motivated by sex thing, maybe not as much as he claims but I wouldn't exactly say it was completely wrong :joker:

And he was on about unconscious motivations. Although his ideas are a bit extreme their is evidence to suggest that young children have a kind of romantic attachment to the parent of the opposite sex, obviousley they dont have sexual ideas at that age, this gradually goes when they form relationships with others as they get older.

[Tom]

Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

Did I say all of his ideas? No. I meant his ideas surrounding this topic. If I thought he was a load of crap, would I have opened the argument by saying some of his theories? :rolleyes:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

Did I say all of his ideas? No. I meant his ideas surrounding this topic. If I thought he was a load of c**p, would I have opened the argument by saying some of his theories? :rolleyes:

I think he meant Princess.
(Sorry Princess, didn't mean to single you out there :laugh:).

[Tom]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

Did I say all of his ideas? No. I meant his ideas surrounding this topic. If I thought he was a load of c**p, would I have opened the argument by saying some of his theories? :rolleyes:

I think he meant Princess.
(Sorry Princess, didn't mean to single you out there :laugh:).

:blush2::blush2::blush2::blush2::blush2::blush2::b lush2:

[microscope]

Originally posted by Tom

"Freud came up with a few theories"

Did he?

Can't say I pay any attention to Freud's theories. I just think for myself.

[Ross]

No, I am not motivated by sex.

[Fom]

I agree that you go after people like your parent... its because its what your brought up with... I wouldnt go after a girl that looks like my mum, just the same personality.

[Annie]

Originally posted by Fom
I agree that you go after people like your parent... its because its what your brought up with... I wouldnt go after a girl that looks like my mum, just the same personality.

Yeah thats what I was trying to say earlier and then Tom mocked me saying "hahahahha you fancy your daddy!"

:nono:

[xDramatick]

I think we are.
A lot of my convos end up about sex LOL

[Annie]

Originally posted by Darenn
I think we are.
A lot of my convos end up about sex LOL

thats why I love you

[Jen]

Originally posted by Darenn
I think we are.
A lot of my convos end up about sex LOL

Same.. LOL

They sometimes start with sex as well... :P

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by Tom
Originally posted by NettoSuperstar!
Freud Crazy? A load of c**p? hes only hugely influential in the field of psychology and psychodynamics, many psychologists have built on his work! just because some of his ideas are criticised and rightly so, doesnt make the majority of his work "crap" what kind of lecturer is that? not a very educated one. and yer sex hunger blah blah blah

Did I say all of his ideas? No. I meant his ideas surrounding this topic. If I thought he was a load of c**p, would I have opened the argument by saying some of his theories? :rolleyes:

no not you tom sorry I mean princesses lecturer, your right to say some of his ideas are crazy:thumbs: (think I should use quotes more)

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by microscope
Originally posted by Tom

"Freud came up with a few theories"

Did he?

Can't say I pay any attention to Freud's theories. I just think for myself.

yeh well some people like to do this thing called LEARNING. Its how the human race has evolved over the centuries:wink:

[Benjamin]

Originally posted by Lauren
Freud went a bit batty, but his research into the subconscious dominates Psychology. Without him, I'm sure we wouldn't understand half the things we do now.

In terms of the incestuous relations, though... he's crazzzzzzzzed.

And survival of the fittest ethos to do with sex was developed by the Evolutionary Psychs rather than Freud, he only dabbled in it slightly.

Personally I'm with the neuropsychologists. Sex gives us pleasure, which increases serotonin, which makes us want to do it more & more.... & more.

Edit: Omg. I just managed to make sex sound boring.


:sleep::sleep:

:laugh2: Lauren, how on earth did you make sex sound boring???


But I agree with the neuropsychology aspect of it. That's what I believe anyway. :thumbs:

[Lauren]

Originally posted by ukturtle

:sleep::sleep:

:laugh2: Lauren, how on earth did you make sex sound boring???


I know. I'm ashamed of myself, hahah.

[bananarama]

Originally posted by microscope
Originally posted by Tom

"Freud came up with a few theories"

Did he?

Can't say I pay any attention to Freud's theories. I just think for myself.


In my opinion easily the most sensible reply on this thread....A person who thinks for himself instead of absorbing pre historic crap like blotting paper absorbs ink.....Well done keep up the independence and stay far away from the dribble of psychology teaching based on loony bin theories of theory obsessed junkies......

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by bananarama
Originally posted by microscope
Originally posted by Tom

"Freud came up with a few theories"

Did he?

Can't say I pay any attention to Freud's theories. I just think for myself.


In my opinion easily the most sensible reply on this thread....A person who thinks for himself instead of absorbing pre historic c**p like blotting paper absorbs ink.....Well done keep up the independence and stay far away from the dribble of psychology teaching based on loony bin theories of theory obsessed junkies......

I think most people think for themselves and critically evaluate any theory thats how we learn, I dont see anyone here soaking up things mindlessly. have you studied Psychology? Just because some people come up with some crazy theories once in a while doesnt mean a whole branch of science should be confined to the loony bin! How do you think we could have discovered the things we have and evolved without Science and "theory obsessed junkies"? Or would you rather we were still praying to the monkey god and beating our clubs on the floor? What you just said is dribble!

[Lauren]

Originally posted by bananarama

In my opinion easily the most sensible reply on this thread....A person who thinks for himself instead of absorbing pre historic c**p like blotting paper absorbs ink.....Well done keep up the independence and stay far away from the dribble of psychology teaching based on loony bin theories of theory obsessed junkies......

Have you personally found out that the World isn't flat? Or isn't square? Have you done all of that work to discover this? No?... then why do you passively accept that this is the case.

Psychology is a science. We critically evaluate it (using our own independent thought) and we bounce ideas off of each other. We conduct experiments to prove beliefs and make inferences on others.

The "dribble" you speak of was conducted by people with independent thought.

[NettoSuperstar!]

Originally posted by Lauren
Originally posted by bananarama

In my opinion easily the most sensible reply on this thread....A person who thinks for himself instead of absorbing pre historic c**p like blotting paper absorbs ink.....Well done keep up the independence and stay far away from the dribble of psychology teaching based on loony bin theories of theory obsessed junkies......

Have you personally found out that the World isn't flat? Or isn't square? Have you done all of that work to discover this? No?... then why do you passively accept that this is the case.

Psychology is a science. We critically evaluate it (using our own independent thought) and we bounce ideas off of each other. We conduct experiments to prove beliefs and make inferences on others.

Exactly, some sense and REASON

[NettoSuperstar!]

Psychology has plenty of practical applications in society aswell...psychological profiling is very effective in catching criminals for one, more effective at treating mental health problems than chucking pills down peoples throats, amongst others. It not all about theory for theories sake, theres a practical problem to be solved at the end of it! JeeZ

[Tom]

Originally posted by bananarama
Originally posted by microscope
Originally posted by Tom

"Freud came up with a few theories"

Did he?

Can't say I pay any attention to Freud's theories. I just think for myself.


In my opinion easily the most sensible reply on this thread....A person who thinks for himself instead of absorbing pre historic c**p like blotting paper absorbs ink.....Well done keep up the independence and stay far away from the dribble of psychology teaching based on loony bin theories of theory obsessed junkies......

So you don't listen to any theories or explanations, and the only things you count to be knowledge are the things you have yourself experienced or done?

Thought not.

[Emzy-!!]

I think we are motivated by sex, it's the most natural thing.
Even Adam and Eve had sex, and they didn't even know what it was (if they existed).

The whole world is motivated by sex, and it's true the most funniest jokes are about sex, and the smallest thing could always be made into something to do woth sex.

[GhettoSuperstar]

I am but more by money I think.

[Captain.Remy]

Are we motivated by sex ?

Maybe.

Am I motivated by sex ?

Oh yeah ! :hugesmile:

[Jake!]

We definatley are! :laugh:

[Z]

I'm motivated by money, but hey, sex floats my boat too! :laugh:

[Magic]

Originally posted by Lewiis.Xx
I am :hello:

Aren't you like 11?