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Breast envy in women is a displacement of shame derived from feelings of genital inadequacy. There is the feeling that if one cannot be a man, one should be able to be a complete woman with admired breasts. Breasts and testicles may be unconscious equivalents. A case is described in which breast envy is part of early oral wishes for the mother's comforting and nourishing breast.