L1.2.3: Phallic Stage

• Phallic

  Erogenous Zone = Genitals

  ● (3 - 6 Years Old) Preschool
• Phallic

  Children learn differences between male and female, and become inclined to their genital organs out of curiosity and fascination. Freud suggests this leads to:

  ● Possible masturbation (auto-eroticism)

  ● Attraction to the parent of the opposite sex , while viewing the same sex parents as rivals (Presented as Oedipus and Elektra Complex)
• Phallic

  Oedipus Complex

  ● Unconscious attachment of the son to their mother, with envious or aggressive feelings towards father

  ● The son develops Castration Anxiety

  ○ Fear of the father
• Phallic

  Elektra Complex

  ● Unconscious attachment of the daughter to their father, with envious or aggressive feelings towards mother

  ● Daughters are equipped to deal with adult and sexual relationships

  ○ Searches for a husband with similar qualities to her father

  ● Daughters develop Penis Envy

  ○ Attention shifts to their father, while resenting their mother, because they do not have a penis
• Phallic

  ● Under Oedipus Complex, if a man fails to join forces with his father, he fails at life due to his guilt generated from competing with his father for his mother’s attention

  ● Under Elektra Complex, a girl may become overly seductive and flirtatious