Sigmund Freud: The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the mother;

The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is  — Sigmund Freud

The sexual wishes in regard to the mother become more intense and the father is perceived as an obstacle to the mother; this gives rise to the Oedipus complex .

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