Oedipus complex from the infantile clitoris to the adult vagina. Freud thus considered a girl's negative Oedipus complex to be more emotionally intense than that of a boy, resulting, potentially, in a woman of submissive, insecure personality; thus might an unresolved Electra complex, daughter–mother competition for psychosexual possession of father, lead to a phallic-stage fixation conducive to a girl becoming a woman who continually strives to dominate men (viz. penis envy), either as an unusually seductive woman (high self-esteem) or as an unusually submissive woman (low self-esteem). Therefore, the satisfactory parental handling and resolution of the Electra complex are most important in
Oedipus and the Sphinx (Ingres) continued his studies and, as required of every winner of the "Prix", he sent works at regular intervals to Paris so his progress could be judged. As his "envoi" of 1808 Ingres sent a life-size "Figure of Oedipus" and "The Valpinçon Bather", hoping by these two paintings to demonstrate his mastery of the male and female nude. The academicians were moderately critical of the treatment of light in both paintings, and considered the figures to be insufficiently idealized. Afterwards, Ingres retained the "Figure of Oedipus" in his studio for years. Around 1825 he decided to rework it to turn what