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Sigmund Freud was the pioneer in psychology by introducing the psychoanalytical theory. However, when Freud introduced this new theory he had only tested it out on a limited group of people who were all of European origin and had some from of psychosis. (People didn’t just put themselves in therapy like they do now days.) With that, does that allow for the transfer for Freud’s theories and thoughts on sexual and gender issues to be trans-cultural? In American society, which was greatly influenced by European thought, study of Freud’s ideas of the Oedipus complex are comparable to his findings in his original research. American culture is set up in such a way that we follow a paternal lineage and more often than not, have to come to terms with the paternal being in the family as the main disciplinarian. So, without deep and drawn out study, one could conclude t