Electra+Complex


 * __ ​ Electra Complex; __**



Freudian Theory

Unconscious Stage in a girls life when she envies the Penis

A girl shows resentment towards her mother for being born without a penis

Builds an attatchment to her father in hopes of gaining a penis for herself

Hopes to gain dominance because the male signifies power and dominance​

Resembles the Oedipus Complex


 * "Girls hold their mother responsible for their lack of a penis and do not forgive her for their being thus put at a disadvantage," Freud suggested (1933).**