2007-01-14 01:54:09 · 7 answers · asked by brad 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Well, if two women have a son (or a daughter for that matter) then yes, in a manner of speaking I suppose it could happen.
The primary components are a mother and child with a third party figure who is resented by the child.
I mean, obviously the original Oedipal complex involves mother, son, father with the child's fixation on the mother.
But to me a child of either sex can be fixated on the mother and harbor animosity toward a parental figure of either sex.
The other parental figure is seen as competition for the mother's affection.
It is in that fixation and competition where the true embodiment of the condition lies.
And there you have it. . .
But I'm no doctor.
Perhaps I'm not as educated as the people who have answered previously.
I was unaware that Freud's theories have been poo pooed.
I've read a few case studies myself.
I found his observations very interesting.
I know that he, himself had mother issues so I took his viewpoints with a grain of salt.
On the other hand I have seen first hand what I would describe as Oedipus complexes in action so. . .whatever.
Like I say I have no degree.
Take what you will from my commentary.
2007-01-14 06:02:43 · answer #1 · answered by octopussy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Oedipus complex, along with some other Freudian theories, has long been discredited by the medical community. It generally involves a male child wanting to replace his father to be with his mother, and fears castration (castration anxiety). I suppose in a gay male couple, there would be no desire to lust after a possibly non-existant mother.
The problem with Freud's theories is that they don't translate into homosexual relationships - Freud categorized homosexuality as a 'deviance' of sorts, but not one that he really sought to cure. Homosexuals didn't openly parent children together in those days, so nobody studied gay parents. I'm sure if Freud did he would have developed some other complex for them. But really, very rarely will anyone develop anything close to an Oedipal complex.
2007-01-14 10:52:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Oedipus complex has been discounted by psychologists but for those who still believe the child would have to find the mother he was adopted from.
2007-01-14 10:02:35 · answer #3 · answered by Eva 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There aren't all that many straight couple kids that do; Freud was CHOCK FULL of bullshit. I'm not saying he didn't make contributions, but most of his work was utter nonsense that tells us more about him than it does about ourselves.
2007-01-15 00:12:44 · answer #4 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the link is a definition to the complex
http://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/engl/theory/psychoanalysis/definitions/oedipus.html
ummm i don't think that a gay couple kid can develop it
2007-01-14 10:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by Charlyssie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry?
Come again?
Ridiculous question.
Rob.xxx
2007-01-14 10:07:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How could gay couples have kids?
2007-01-14 09:57:18 · answer #7 · answered by Glowie 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋