Oedipal Phase

When I first learnt about the Oedipall phase or theory, I thought it was the most screwed up idea out there but then I came to realize what it was trying to get at. It's true that at a young age even thought most boys will spend time with their father, they deep down love the nourishment their mother gives them, therefore it will create tension between the son and father to get the mother's attention.

This is just a comical cartoon I found on google based on the oedipal phase.

One concept I found have to argue against in the phase would be when it states that girls at a young age get penis envy from their father mostly. I don't ever recall wanting a penis. I do recall wondering why females and males had a different down stairs but that was it. I always thought that if a young girl envied the penis that eventually they would become a transsexual and want to become a male as they got older. I find it crazy for a young girl to envy a penis. I do understand and agree with the concept that they are eventually happy with their vagina when they realize they get to have children later in life.

Even though there's theories all around us about gender typing, at the end of the day there's always the sayings of "mamma's boy" and "daddy's little girl."