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Psychoanalytic theory has two related concepts that describe the relationship between a mother and son: the Oedipus complex and the Jocasta complex:

Oedipus complex

This theory, developed by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century, describes a boy's unconscious sexual desire for his mother and hostility towards his father during the phallic stage of psychosexual development, which is usually between the ages of 3 and 6. Freud believed that this psychological condition is universal and that the complex is resolved when the boy identifies with his father as a way to have his mother. However, some critics have noted that there is little empirical evidence to support the theory's validity.

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https://www.uvm.edu/~jbailly/courses/tragedy/student%20second%20documents/Oedipus%20Complex.html#:~:text=Oedipus%20Complex&text=The%20attachment%20of%20the%20child,parent%20of%20the%20same%20sex.

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Jocasta complex

This term, introduced by Raymond de Saussure in 1920, describes a mother's incestuous sexual desire for her son. It can also refer to different levels of attachment, such as a domineering but asexual mother-son relationship, which may be more common when the father is absent. The dynamics of the Jocasta complex are said to be described in the Oedipus myth.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta_complex#:~:text=In%20psychoanalytic%20theory%2C%20the%20Jocasta,a%20mother%20towards%20her%20son.