if i remember correctly, LADY, that was the original meaning of the term...Freud felt girls suffered from "penis envy" in that they were seen as lacking in power, and some then compensated by becoming very controlling*. The lighthearted opposite condition has been referred to as "Venus envy." Perhaps some now refer to "penis envy" as being about comparing endowments, however.
*Penis envy – An aspect of Sigmund FREUD’s developmental theory. Freud believed that during development girls had to switch from having the mother as the love object to having the father as the love object: and also switch from the clitoris to the vagina as the main genital zone. At about the age of four, Freud believed that girls first discovered they lacked a penis. The girl will blame her mother or the lack of a penis and the consequent hurt to her own self-esteem. This causes the girl to give up clitoral sexuality, and turn to the father as love object. This aspect of Freud’s theory has received a great deal of criticism, particularly from feminist psychoanalysts.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
