Adler’smostseriousdeviationsfromtherealityofobservationandhisdeepestconfusionofideashaveariseninhisattempttocorrelatethebasicprincipleofhistheorywiththepsychiclifeofthechild，anattemptwhichhasbecomeinevitableinpsychoanalysis。Thebiological，social，andphysiologicalmeaningof\"masculine\"and\"feminine\"haveherebecomemixedintoahopelesscomposition。Itisquiteimpossible，anditcaneasilybedisprovedbyobservation，thatthemasculineorfemininechildbuildsitsplanoflifeonanyoriginalundervaluationofthefemininesex；norisitconceivablethatachildcantakeastheguidinglinethewish：\"Iwillbearealman。\"Inthebeginningnochildhasevenaninklingofthesignificanceofthedifferenceinsex，morelikelyitstartswiththeassumptionthatbothsexespossessthesame（male）genital。Itdoesnotbeginitssexualinvestigationwiththeproblemofsexdifferentiationandisfarfromentertainingthesocialundervaluation[p。47]ofthewoman。
Therearewomeninwhoseneurosisthewishtobeamanneverplayedanypart。Sofarasthe\"masculineprotest\"isconcerned，itcaneasilybetracedbacktoadisturbanceoftheoriginalnarcissismcausedbythethreatofcastration；thatis，tothefirsthindranceofsexualactivity。Alldisputeastothepsychogenesisoftheneurosesmustultimatelybedecidedinthesphereofthechildhoodneuroses。Thecarefulanalysisofaneurosisoftheearlyyearsofchildhoodputsanendtoallmistakesinregardtotheetiologyoftheneuroses，andalldoubtsastothepartplayedbythesexualimpulses。ThatiswhyAdlerinhiscriticismofJung’s\"ConflictsoftheChild’sMind\"wasobligedtoresorttotheimputationthatthematerialofthecasesurelymusthavefollowedauniformnewtendency\"fromthefather。\"[17]
IwillnotlingeranylongeroverthebiologicalsideofAdler’stheory，andwillnotexaminewhetherthepalpableinferiorityoforgansorthesubjectivefeelingofthesame（oneoftencannottellwhich）canpossiblybethebasisofAdler’ssystem。Onlypermitmetoremarkthatthiswouldmaketheneurosisaby—productofthegeneralstunting，whileobservationteachesthatanexcessivelylargenumberofhideous，misshapen，crippled，andwretchedcreatureshavefailedtoreacttotheirdeficienciesbydevelopinganeurosis。NorwillIconsidertheinterestinginformationthatthesenseofinferioritygoesbacktoinfantilefeelings。Itshowsusinwhatdisguisethedoctrineofinfantilism，somuchemphasizedinpsychoanalysis，returnsinAdler’sIndividualPsychology。Ontheotherhand，IamobligedtoemphasizehowallpsychologicalacquisitionsofpsychoanalysishavebeendisregardedbyAdler。Inhisbook\"TheNervousCharacter，\"theunconsciousstillappearsasapsychologicalpeculiarity，butwithoutanyrelationtohissystem。
Later，hedeclared，quitelogically，thatitwasamatterofindifferencetohimwhetheranyconceptionbeconsciousorunconscious。Fortheprincipleofrepressions，Adlerneverevincedanyunderstanding。WhilereviewingalecturebeforetheViennaSocietyin1911，he[p。48]said：\"OnthestrengthofacaseIwishtopointoutthatthepatienthadneverrepressedhislibido，againstwhichhecontinuallytriedtosecurehimself。\"[18]SoonthereafteratadiscussioninViennaAdlersaid：\"Ifyouaskwhencecomestherepression，youaretold：fromculture。Butifyouaskwhencecomesculture，thereplyis：fromtherepression。Soyouseeitisonlyaquestionofaplayonwords。\"AsmallfragmentofthesagacityusedbyAdlertodefendhis\"nervouscharacter\"mighthavesufficedtoshowhimthewayoutofthispettifoggingargument。Thereisnothingmysteriousaboutit，exceptthatculturedependsupontheactsofrepressionofformergenerations，andthateachnewgenerationisrequiredtoretainthisculturebycarryingoutthesamerepressions。Ihaveheardofachildthatconsidereditselffooledandbegantocry，becausetothequestion：\"Wheredoeggscomefrom？\"
itreceivedtheanswer，\"Eggscomefromhens，\"andtothefurtherquestion：