Oedipus complex the complex and that unsuccessful outcome of the complex might lead to neurosis, pedophilia, and homosexuality. Freud rejected the term "Electra complex", which was introduced by Carl Gustav Jung in 1913 in his work, ""Theory of Psychoanalysis"" in regard to the Oedipus complex manifested in young girls. Freud further proposed that the Oedipus complex, which originally refers to the sexual desire of a son for his mother, is a desire for the parent in both males and females, and that boys and girls experience the complex differently: boys in a form of castration anxiety, girls in a form of penis
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