Electra Complex

• What do girls desire?

  Sex with their mother
• Why is this an issue?

  Both the mother and daughter don't have penis'
• What do girls develop?

  Penis envy - wish they had a penis
• Where do they transfer their sexual desires to?

  To their fathers - they blame their mother for not having a penis
• What do the girls wish to do?

  Replace and eliminate their mother
• What do they girls do because they can't eliminate their mothers?

  They identify with their mother and learn to mimic them to vicariously posses the other parent