Oedipus+Complex

 In the Oedipus complex, a boy is fixated on his mother and competes with his father for maternal attention. The boy may also form some kind of erotic attachment to the mother. The primitive desire for the mother may also make the boy become jealous of the father. The boy identifies with his father in hopes of one day being with his mother. So in the long-run he strengthens the bond with his father and dislikes​ his mother because he can't have her.

A critical aspect of the Oedipal stage is loosening of the ties to the mother of vulnerability, dependence and intimacy. This separation of love allows a transition away from narcissism of earlier stages. The boy thus returns to the mother as a separate individual. That separation may be emphasized with scorn and a sense of mastery over women. This is a source of male denigration of women. 