Electra

​ **__Electra Complex__**

The Electra complex is not Freud's, but a Freudian theory. It states that females have penis envy, and they resent their mother for birthing them without a penis, and hence she builds a sexual attatchement to the father. Girls develop an Electra complex during their phallic stage, because they try to identifyy with their father in hopes of gaining a penis. The penis envy theory states that women are jealous of men's power, while Karen Horney, a feminine psychologist, believes it is men who suffer from not being able to bear children.



__**Etymology of Electra Complex**__ In Greek mythology, Electra (Greek: Ἠλέκτρα, Ēlektra) was an Argive princess and daughter of King Agamemnon and Queen Clytemnestra. She and her brother Orestes plotted revenge against their mother Clytemnestra and step father Aegisthus for the murder of their father, Agamemnon. (source: [] )