Oedipus complex and Homosexuality.

It is one of the controversial topics, Let’s take a look!

Sigmund Freud has always been a controversial figure.

The “Oedipus complex” is a term utilized in the psychosexual stages of development theory by Sigmund Freud. The idea, first proposed by Freud in 1899 and not officially utilized until 1910, refers to a male child’s attraction to their parent of the opposite sex (mother) and jealousy of their parent of the same sex (father).

According to the controversial concept, kids view the same-sex parent as a rival. Specifically, in the Oedipus complex, a boy feels the need to compete with his father for the attention of his mother. The Oedipus complex, a theory that implies that every single person has deeply repressed incestuous instincts for his or her parents since childhood, is no less so.

WHAT IF OEDIPUS COMPLEX IS NOT RESOLVED?

If the Oedipus complex is not fully resolved at the time of development fixation takes place. A person with an unresolved Oedipus complex can face challenges in their intimate relationships, and conflicts with same-sex competitiveness. The boy’s identification with the father is the successful resolution of the id-ego conflict, which in turn leads to the formation of a mature sexual identity. In other words, heterosexuality. Failure to successfully resolve the Oedipus complex fixates the boy’s identification with the mother, directing his libidinal cachexia onto the father. This negative oedipal outcome may result in adult homosexuality.

Criticism

Recent studies in gender and sexuality opposed the conclusion of Freudian psychoanalysis. For example, Freud suggested that an incomplete resolution of the Oedipus complex can lead to homosexuality. This distinguishes homosexuality as a diversion from “normal” sexual development. It suggests that sexuality is something that is shaped by traumatic childhood experiences. This idea differs from the modern consensus that homosexuality is a normal sexual experience.

Conclusion

According to my perspective, Freud was unclear about whether homosexual object-choice should be considered a singular and unitary entity, or several, separate varieties. In other words, Freud was not sure if homosexuality was a singular phenomenon or had various manifestations. He continually returned to the question of causation, offering several theories but never diverging very far from his foundational theory of the Oedipus complex. Freud used the Oedipus complex alone to explain child development and attempted to explain homosexuality with that model solely. In this model, it is the boy’s resolution of the Oedipus complex (i.e., an inevitable competition with his father for the love of his mother) that transitions the child from auto-eroticism and narcissism into true object-relatedness and heterosexuality. Homosexuality is seen by Freud as the result of a failed resolution of the Oedipus complex. This could occur either when this complex was not worked-through completely, or because a previous trauma had caused a psychosocial fixation within the pre-Oedipal state, preventing the child from beginning the oedipal dynamics.

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