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| | Sigmund Freud |
 | | Penis envy is the supposed desire all little girls have to grow a penis of their own. |
 | | The boy, recognizing his father's superiority, and fearing for his penis, engages some of his ego defenses: He displaces his sexual impulses from his mother to girls and, later, women; And he identifies with the aggressor, dad, and attempts to become more and more like him, that is to say, a man. |
 | | Freud accomplishes this with the idea of penis envy: The young girl has noticed the difference between boys and girls and feels that she, somehow, doesn't measure up. |
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