The Contrasexual Archetypes Within The anima and animus are Jung’s concepts for the contrasexual elements within the psyche. The anima is the feminine archetype in men. The animus is the masculine archetype in women. These are not about biological sex but about psychological qualities cultures traditionally associate with masculine and feminine. In men, the anima represents emotionality, relatedness, intuition, connection to the unconscious, receptivity, and Eros or the principle of relatedness. In women, the animus represents rationality, assertiveness, logos or discriminating judgment, consciousness, initiative, and penetrating thought. These contrasexual elements compensate the conscious attitude. The more one-sidedly masculine a man’s...