Short Stuff: Oedipus Complex

Stuff You Should Know • June 25, 2025

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The Oedipus complex is probably Sigmund Freud’s most famous theory – that every little boy or girl goes through a phase where they want to kill one parent and, well, do things with the other. Good thing Freud just made it up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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