Most laypeople I have considered fairly sharp believe that it has more to do with faulty or lacking father-son relationships. I think there are probabilities all along the spectrum of disposition and constitution (genes) predisposing to femininity or "fruitiness" which then maybe the Dad picks up on and has a hard time relating to --- and possibly also relating to the connection with the mother as a result, as Jung describes above. With others it's just a cold father who possibly is acting out what happened to him, a bad generational father figure he hands down. Still with others, it could be the chicken-egg of mental illness. All in all I feel it's part developmental (possibly the pathogen talked about by Cochran which implies some immune predisposition) and then nurture as the child ages.
Jung on Women
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