My Electra Complex.. courtesy of Cannibals and Kings By Marvin Harris

Electra complex

There are many complexes that one can have either induced or imagined. We have all heard of the Oedipus complex common in males. What about females who happen to have penis envy? Or for lack of a better word when you get right down to it have a 'Daddy complex'? The origination of this complex can be traced back to none other than the father of Psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud. You might ask where exactly did Freud come up with the figure Electra? Freud channeled Greek Mythology, as this is
the female version of Oedipus complex. It is often found in girls between the ages of four
and six. Girls envy their father for possessing a penis AND she is thought to
blame the mother; and thus transfer her affections from the mother to
the father. Freud further suggests that both boys and girls value the penis AND
THEREFORE; DAUGHTERS choose there fathers as the primary love object.
He does after all posses a penis they lack. As they realise the
unequal struggle to posses the father they must reject these feelings
Freud suggested that the Electra complex would simply fade
away as girls realised that they would never posses their father.
However, because the threat of punishment through castration is not
present for girls, they are not under the same pressure to renounce
these feelings and identify with the standards felt of the mother. The
consequences of this, Freud , would be that girls develop a weaker
superego and are therefore seen as morally deficient.
From a strictly Darwinian standpoint, I suppose that the May-December romance in terms of coupling makes sense for the sake of arguement and also procreation. However, it isn't something we see as much of when it somes to the reverse. In any case, I say rock on to all of my fellow Electra's . Who's your Daddy? Oh yeah!! Next time you see an older man with a girl 15- 20 years his junior, just know that some girls truly are wired that way!!

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