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Pre-phallic children

  • Child seeks pleasure from genitalia

  • Child begins to develop gender identity

  • Both boy and girl love the mother but for boys it turns into lust, beginning the oedipus complex

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Oedipus complex

  • Boys feel sexually attracted towards the mother but the father acts as a hurdle

  • Boys develop castration anxiety and fear their father will learn of their sexual attraction

    • If the complex is resolved, the boy identifies with the father and develops the superego and gender identity

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Electra complex

  • Girls feel sexually attracted towards the father and resent their mother due to penis envy, believing that they were castrated

  • Girls substitute penis envy with a desire for a baby

  • Complex is resolved by identifying with the mother and developing the superego and gender identity

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Green

Studied 37 children raised in a gay/transgender family and found only one with non-typical gender development

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Blackmore and Hill

Liberal/less strict fathers are more beneficial in helping boys develop masculine identities