PSYCH 2B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Penis Envy

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2B03
• Professor: Richard B Day

Document Summary

Displacement of sexual libido to mom like objects. Desire to posses a mom like object. Displacement of aggressive libido to dad like objects. Dad like male who is dominant. The amount of aggressive libido de-cathected depends on how threatening dad was. When they get older they are more likely to get in trouble with the law if their father was very threatening or abusive. Sexual libido begins as being cathected to mom. Aggressive libido begins as being cathected to dad. Wants to remove dad, as he is stealing the attention from mom that she desires. Believes that her penis has been stolen. He (cid:271)la(cid:373)es (cid:373)o(cid:373), (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause she thi(cid:374)ks (cid:373)o(cid:373)"s pe(cid:374)is has also (cid:271)ee(cid:374) stole(cid:374) She does this because she is mad at mom for taking her penis away. She does this because she has now begun cathecting sexual libido to dad. His penis however, not dad as a whole. She now cathects aggressive libido towards mom.