ABSTRACT
According to the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, higher education is a social device intended to relieve elites who would otherwise be frustrated. That is, the elites receive higher education not because they are elite; rather, higher education exists to restore pride and offer satisfaction to those elites who are not socially competitive. Notwithstanding that, most architects are unable to put to practical use in society the megalomania acquired through education. Therefore, they experience extreme frustration. Architects are professionals fated to be frustrated. Naturally, architects have the opportunity to obtain relief through the design of private houses only when there are clients. What is interesting is that clients too are quite frustrated individuals. They too try to relieve their frustrations through the construction of houses. Modern egalitarianism has generated frustration. Women are basically excluded from society and, as a result, are frustrated as well.
