femininity complex

femininity complex definition - medical

fem·i·nin·i·ty complex (fĕmˌə-nĭnˈĭ-tē)

noun
In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious fear, in boys and men, of castration at the hands of the mother with resultant identification with the imagined aggressor and envious desire for breasts and vagina.

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