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Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (German: Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie), sometimes titled Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex, is a 1905 work by Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, in which the author advances his theory of sexuality, in particular its relation to childhood.
Penis envy (German: Penisneid) is a stage in Sigmund Freud's theory of female psychosexual development, [1] in which young girls experience anxiety upon realization that they do not have a penis. Freud considered this realization a defining moment in a series of transitions toward a mature female sexuality.
This was first described by Sigmund Freud. [48] The interpretation of female sexuality is significantly different according to C.G. Jung's psychological research. He explained the female libido as a precursor of cultural expression and personal creativity.
Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, viewed homosexuality, like all forms of sexuality, as being caused by a combination of biological, social and psychological factors. According to Freud, humans are born with unfocused sexual libidinal drives ; he regarded homosexuality as a particular form of variation in the developmental process ...
[4] [5] [6] Sigmund Freud developed the female aspects of the sexual development theory — describing the psychodynamics of a girl's sexual competition with her mother for sexual possession of the father — as the feminine Oedipus attitude and the negative Oedipus complex. [7] It was Carl Jung who coined the term Electra complex in 1913.
It is in this book that Freud compares the sexual life of adult women to a "dark continent": We know less about the sexual life of little girls than of boys. But we need not feel ashamed of this distinction; after all, the sexual life of adult females is a dark continent [original in English] [1] [2] for psychology. [3]
Oedipus complex (in boys and girls); according to Sigmund Freud. Electra complex (in girls); according to Carl Jung. Promiscuity and low self-esteem in both sexes. Latency: 6–puberty: Dormant sexual feelings: Immaturity and an inability to form fulfilling non-sexual relationships as an adult if fixation occurs in this stage. Genital: Puberty ...
This is also the reason that male sexuality is based, in early Lacanianism, on having (a penis) and female sexuality is based on lack. In Freud's paradigm, female desire is the desire for a baby to substitute for penis, thus female pleasure is derived from reproduction. [ 6 ]