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The complex relates to the idea that the boy has sexualized feelings towards his mother as a result feels in competition with his father. The concept continues to explain that while he may not be able to fit within the role of his father to mother, the boy in this stage begins to identify with his fathers (e.g. male) (Friedman et.al., 2012). Conversely, penis envy is directed towards the girl who notes the higher position that the boy holds within society, which is said to be indicated through differences in genitalia. And while the boy fixates for his mother in the Oedipus complex, the girl transfer her fixation onto her father “in attempt to capture a penis” (Friedman et.al.,