In Nancy Chorodow's reinterpretation of the Freudian Oedipal complex, little girls develop an interdependent orientation to the world and little boys develop an oppositional orientation because

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Chodorow argues that girls identify with their mothers, which fosters a sense of continuity and connection, while boys, in recognizing their difference from their mother, develop a sense of separateness and opposition. This is a reinterpretation of the Freudian Oedipal complex focusing on the development of gender identities through early relationships with the mother.

In Nancy Chorodow's Reinterpretation of the Freudian Oedipal Complex, Little