What do you think of the oedipus complex

[eadster]

I have looked it up to refresh memories:

The Oedipus complex is a concept within psychoanalytic theory referring to a stage of psychosexual development where a ch!ld of either gender regards the parent of the same gender as an adversary, and competitor, for the exclusive love of the parent of the opposite gender. The name derives from the Greek myth of Oedipus, who unwittingly kills his father, Laius, and marries his mother, Jocasta.

Freud considered the successful resolution of the Oedipus complex to be key to the development of gender roles and identity. He posited that boys and girls resolved the conflicts differently as a result of castration anxiety (for males) and penis envy (for females). Freud also held that the unsuccessful resolution of the Oedipus complex could result in neurosis, and homosexuality.

[tyler]

i felt so good to not be attracted to my mother. i guess maybe one of the unfortunately fall outs of this is that I generally don't like any women of her same race, because to me... they all end up looking like her.

so for me, it's like anti-Oedipus complex squared in my case, LOL

[eadster]

I think this theory is based on circumstaces. Circumstances which may not apply to everyone. The idea that everyone thinks in a uniform manner is not true. Everyone interperets information in a different way based on their understandings of the topic at hand.