SOCIOL 2HH3 Lecture 2: 2hh3 2
Document Summary
Fear that father would cut off his genitals because of his desire for the mother. so, boy ceases to be feminine and becomes masculine and heterosexual, identifying more with father: girl during this stage goes through penis envy. She transfers from clitoris to vagina = feminine passive sexuality. Oedipal crisis: boy learns to have sex w women and identify as a man (sexual orientation + gender identity). Leads to castration anxiety by boy moving from identifying w mother to father. Note the critiques of his theorization + focus on biological differences. Key personality shaping events occur in the pre-oedipal stages when parents are parenting: antigone/ electra complex for daughters who grow up feeling inferior to men. Transfers sexual grati cation from clitoris to vagina, developing feminine passive sexuality. Putting needs of father before her own (patriarchal society): oedipal male who experience a sense of entitlement growing up in a patriarchal society.
