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===Infantile Theory===
The [[castration complex]] was first elaborated by [[Freud]] in 1908.
[[Freud]] first described the [[castration complex]] in 1908, arguing that the [[child]], on discovering the anatomical difference between the sexes (the [[presence]] or [[absence]] of the [[penis]]), makes the assumption that this difference is due to the [[female]]'s [[penis]] having been cut off.<ref>{{F}} "On the Sexual Theories of Children. 1908. SE IX. p.207</ref>
