people spend most of their lives in the genital stage. yet freud had little to say about adulthood. this is consistent with his belief that the first 5 years of life are paramount in determining personality.other psychoanalysts,such as freud daughter,anna have theorized more about the genital atage ann freud was among her father most devoted colleagues and his constant companion in his later yeara she continued yo work within her father classic psychoanalytic framework until her death