Penis Envy:
Penis envy
is the female counterpart to Freud’s concept of castration anxiety. In his
theory of psychosexual development, Freud suggested that during the phallic stage (around ages 3-5) young girls distance
themselves from their mothers and instead devote their affections to their
fathers.
According
to Freud, this occurs when a girl realizes that she has no penis. "Girls
hold their mother responsible for their lack of a penis and do not forgive her
for their being thus put at a disadvantage," Freud suggested (1933).
Read more here
No comments:
Post a Comment