Claire, a middle-aged woman, is feeling unsuccessful in her career as an actress. She finds herself becoming jealous of the male actors who seem to get offered more roles than she does. She is thinking about giving up on her acting career and becoming a stay-at-home mother. A psychoanalyst would interpret Claire's feelings as being due to ______.

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Claire's jealousy towards male actors and her considering giving up on her career to become a stay-at-home mother suggests she may be experiencing penis envy, a psychoanalytic theory where females envy the social and physical power that society gives to men.

Claire, a Middle-Aged Woman, Is Feeling Unsuccessful in Her Career