Psychosexual development unusually submissive woman (low self-esteem). In a boy, a phallic-stage fixation might lead him to become an aggressive, over-ambitious, vain man. Therefore, the satisfactory parental handling and resolution of the Oedipus complex and of the Electra complex are most important in developing the infantile super-ego, because, by identifying with a parent, the child internalizes morality, thereby, choosing to comply with societal rules, rather than having to reflexively comply in fear of punishment. The fourth stage of psychosexual development is the latency stage that spans from the age of six years until puberty, wherein the child consolidates the character habits he
Oedipus in the Trobriands and H. A. Powell in "Man". The historian Peter Gay called "Oedipus in the Trobriands" "brilliant" in "" (1988). The anthropologist Donald Brown compared the book to Freeman's "Margaret Mead and Samoa" (1983) and the linguist Ekkehart Malotki's "Hopi Time" (1983) in "Human Universals" (1991). He suggested that these books form part of a larger reaction against "anthropological relativism". He described Spiro's arguments as persuasive, and credited him with showing many deficiencies in Malinowski's reasoning. According to Brown, Weiner, although critical of Spiro, nevertheless concluded that his arguments for the universality of the Oedipus complex appear convincing. Oedipus in the