In today’s society, the topic of sex has changed a great deal since the days of Freud. Sex has in fact become one of the more popular topics for today’s youth to speak about. Because of this, it’s appropriate to wonder about the modern validity of Freud’s theories. Of course back in his time, his theories were looked at as completely taboo and frankly just weird. The real question is, however, are Freud’s theories still looked at this way, even with all the modern day permissibility of sex as a topic of interest? In the case of millennials especially, it seems like Freud’s theories are definitely becoming more widely accepted and considered, like his theories on the id and ego or the inner sexual desires that many dismissed years ago. That being said, some of his theories, even with …show more content…
One of Freud’s most popular theories is his theory of the ego and the id. Freud argues that the id is what you are born with, and when you are born, you are just purely that. The id contains the basic needs and desires of a human, which is why an infant can only care about their needs and wants; they are purely id and have not had the life experiences yet to develop his ego or superego. Within the id is where the desire for sex (and death) stems from. This idea of having such a system engrained in your brain from such a young age was quite an odd theory in Freud’s time. However, today, this is definitely one of the more widely accepted theories of his. It’s become more apparent today that sexual desires govern much more than what is on the surface, and that all leads back to the id. To be able to take someone’s erratic