>From: Stephen Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>But while Freud can be blamed for many things (and I do), the
>Electra complex is not one of them, although most textbooks,
>including one that I assign, will tell you otherwise.
>
>Freud hated the concept. I even have a quote to prove it. He
>said:
>
>"It is only in the male child that we find the fateful
>combination of love for the one parent and simultaneous hatred of
>the other as a rival" (S. Freud, _Female Sexuality_, 1931)
>
>This could be one of the most misattributed statements ever. I
>thought I'd do my bit to set the record straight.
>
>-Stephen
I know this is true and teach this to my classes. I do have a question,
however. What is the Freudian mechanism for females developing their
superego and feminine identity since they have no counterpart to the Oedipus
conflict?
Jeff Nagelbush
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ferris State University
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