For psychoanalyst Freud, which five-year-olds feel that they have already been castrated?

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According to Freud's psychosexual theory, five-year-old girls experience the phallic stage, during which they develop penis envy and feel that they have already been castrated. Boys also go through this stage but do not feel that they have been castrated. Therefore, normal boys and girls do not experience this feeling, only five-year-old girls.

For Psychoanalyst Freud, Which Five-Year-Olds Feel That They Have Already