Electra complex
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Carl Jungs female equivalent to Freuds [Oedipus Complex]; the theory that during the Freuds phallic stage of childhood development, girls develop a sexual attachment to their father (or father figure), leading them to want to kill mother and marry their father. The name derives from the [Greek] myth of Electra, who wanted to avenge her fathers death by killing her mother, who was responsible for the murder.
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When a girl is in romantically in love with her father.
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Electra complex is when a girl is in love with her father or a father-like figure.
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