sentence: Girls become jealous of their mothers and begin to feel desire towards their fathers.
sentences_before: The Oedipus complex is when a boy is jealous of his father. The boy strives to possess his mother and ultimately replace his father as a means of no longer having to fight for her undivided attention and affection. While the Oedipus complex presents itself in males, females experience a different form of incestuous rivalry known as the Electra complex.
sentences_after: Females also experience penis envy which is the parallel reaction to the male experience of castration anxiety. Girls then repress this feeling and instead long for a child of their own. This suppression leads to the girl identifying with her mother and acquiring feminine traits.
concept_name: girl
headings: Freud's psychoanalytic theories 'Religion'