penis envy

penis envy
penis en·vy -.en-vē n the supposed coveting of the penis by a young human female which is held in psychoanalytic theory to lead to feelings of inferiority and defensive or compensatory behavior

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in psychoanalysis, the concept that the female envies the male for his possession of a penis, first described by Freud as occurring during the phallic stage in little girls as they become aware of anatomical differences between the sexes; sometimes used to denote a woman's generalized envy of men or their characteristics.

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