Anatomical Development In The Oedipus Complex

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1. An intimate relationship between mother and child prior to the complex. 2. The child has already discovered the anatomically differences between boys and girls – some have a penis and some have a vagina. 3. The sexuality of the child is now, more than ever, focused on the pleasurable sensation in the genitals. 4. The intellectual development of the child is now at an advanced stage, giving the child an opportunity to understand what is going on between two adults. 5. The emotional development of the child is now at an advanced stage, making the child more aware to sympathy and empathy – meaning, a depiction between whom they like and who they do not. 6. The emotional and intellectual development is now at an advanced stage, that the child no longer acquires the outside world by the use of imitation (outer appearance) but instead with identification (an inner imitation of roles and behavioural patterns by others). (Mousten, p. 95-97 (Author’s own translation)). These steps must have been accomplished in order to proceed in the Oedipus complex. The boy would have gained the most love and comfort from the mother, while the relationship between boy and father has been less essential to the child’s psychological development. Hereafter the boy will discover the anatomical differences between the genders; that …show more content…

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