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Originally Posted by James124
http://everything2.com/title/Oedipus%2520complex
"The Oedipus Complex occurs during the phallic stage, from roughly ages 3-6 years. Freud believed that during this stage boys seek genital stimulation and develop both unconscious desires for their mother and jealousy and hatred for their father, whom they consider a rival. It was said that boys felt guilt and lurking fear that their father would punish them, such as by castration"
"Freud believed that this Oedipus complex is a core element of the human psyche. In Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality, he wrote, "The Oedipus complex is the nuclear complex of the neuroses...Every new arrival on this planet is faced with the task of mastering the Oedipus complex; anyone who fails to do so falls a victim to neurosis" (290). To Freud, 'neurosis' is anything from anxiety to "homosexuality" (644). The overcoming of this complex, according to Freud, is something common to all human experience. Because literature describes and represents human experience, it has long portrayed the Oedipus complex, often unconsciously."
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Do you know the difference between science and opinion.
Much props to Freud for philosophy, but he never produced any science to my
knowledge.
For all we know Freud could have been the biggest bigot in the world toward gays
and this influenced his opinion.
But of course we can not apply any analysis to Freud; he can only analyze us.
