In response to Freud's assertion that women experience penis envy, Horney replied that
A) men also experience penis envy.
B) women outgrow penis envy when they get married.
C) men experience breast envy.
D) men experience womb envy.

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Horney believed that men experience womb envy, which is the feeling of inferiority and envy that men feel towards women due to their ability to bear children. Horney challenged Freud's patriarchal view of gender and argued that both men and women can experience feelings of inferiority and envy towards the opposite gender. She also believed that women's envy towards men was not due to the envy of the penis, but rather due to the social and economic privileges that men had in society.

In Response to Freud's Assertion That Women Experience Penis Envy