Gene spends a good deal of time bragging about his numerous sexual exploits. Freud would have suggested that Gene is fixated at the ________ stage.

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According to Freud's psychosexual theory, the phallic stage (ages 3-6) is when a child becomes aware of their own gender and develops a primary attachment to the opposite-sex parent. This is also when the Oedipus or Electra complex occurs. If a person becomes fixated at this stage, they may experience sexual problems later in life such as promiscuity or sexual dysfunction. Gene's bragging about sexual exploits suggests a fixation at the phallic stage.

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