OEDIPUS!!! OEDIPUS!!!!!!!!

When I saw that our next chapter would focus on Sigmund Freud, I became really excited!! Of course I only really knew his name from Madonna's song Die Another Day, but I did know a little bit about him. Mainly that he was obsessed with sex. When I found out that he coined the term "Oedipus complex," I became more interested in the man. I had previously encountered this term in my junior year of high school when my AP English teacher made us read Oedipus Rex. He then proceeded to make us watch the film, which involved horrible, HORRIBLE acting. I will post a link now for your enjoyment of this film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDndS5N9tes The clip is fabulous and I highly suggest you all check it out, even if you don't respond to my blog.

Anyways, back to philosophy. I find any talk of the Oedipus complex extremely fascinating, maybe it is because of my prior experience with it...the play, not as if I have experienced this personally. Anyways, so my high school teacher made a good point during learning about this. He stated that we subconsciously look for characteristics of our mother (if you are male) or father (if you are female) in our significant others. These characteristics go unrecognized at first, but later on down the road, the similarities in behavior pop up. However, if we are determined to avoid the characteristics of our parents in our partner, we can do so. If you are truly aware, you can avoid this situation.

Question: Do you agree with my former high school teacher? That we subconsciously look for traits of our parents in our future spouses, or possible spouses? Basically the person you are dating at the time...