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The processes of inclusion within and exclusion from the ego of features and tendencies contribute to the structuralization of the ego. Therefore, the more the ego 'egotizes' the tendencies of its own sex, while those of the opposite sex are turned into representations of desired objects, the more does it feel complete. Conversely, the more it fails to egotize the features corresponding to its own anatomical and physiological organism or egotizes features corresponding to the anatomy and physiology of the opposite sex, the more it feels mutilated. From this point of view the masculine and feminine castration complex is discussed.
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