Different in sex? Different in EGO??
Does sex distinguish the ego of a person? Have you guys dated ego maniac or know of someone who behaved like that? Men and women are ego too?
”According to the dictionary, Ego is a part of the mind that develops from the individual’s experience of the outside world. It operates in direct contact with reality, and is concerned with processing and evaluating information about the importance of and relationships between specific actions and behaviours of the individual. It is one of the three elements of Freudian theory. The ego, which is thought to have developed from the id attempts to reconcile the unconscious primitive demands of the id with the constraints imposed by the superego and with the individual’s awareness of the real world.”
It really annoys me. Especially when they’re the type who attempt to push themselves up by pushing everyone else down. It’s also a sign of insecurity, insecure people seem to do it more. Just like bullies in elementary school. Those bullies grow up, and eventually, some still remain the same. Too bad they can’t just learn to mature. On the other hand, the bullies-wanna-be, who were picked on mostly during early age; later in life, they prefer to pick on others in cowardly ways such as putting others down behind a computer screen, or yelling at telemarketers, who are just doing their jobs by the way, they can’t help it. Basically, they choose to pick on those who they think can’t do anything about it. That’s why guys are more prone to act EGOly at the grown up age of their life.
Of course I came across women who are superego, such as bossy lady. Not to mention some of the lady bosses, I personally experienced many times. Ironically, having an EGO personality is not a wise choice because we think problems through, observe behaviours and then make judgements based on right actions. Ego doesn’t take into consideration of one’s feelings, intuition or ways of knowing other than logical thinking. When we being more considerate and little of toleration, we tend to think of others emotional. That’s why women are less prone to having this superego personality, in general speaking. This is because we are caring. Haha.
What do you think? Any women are more ego can speak up?
October 2nd, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I think ego is same to both sexes. Let’s see the quote below, inspire us that ego to certain stage is evil, but without it, we live more happier.
“When the ego is cornered and has nowhere to go, the only thing one can do is to put it down. And when one puts down the ego, then that is enlightenment.” One of the world’s most respected Buddhist masters.