According to Sigmund Freud,girls and boys develop feminine and masculine identities when they

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According to Sigmund Freud's theory of psychosexual development, children develop their feminine and masculine identities during the phallic stage (ages 3-6) when they experience the Oedipus or Electra complex. During this stage, girls develop a desire for their opposite-sex parent (the Oedipus complex) and then eventually relinquish this desire and identify with their same-sex parent (developing their feminine identity). Similarly, boys experience an Electra complex where they desire their mother and then identify with their same-sex parent (developing their masculine identity). Therefore, the correct answer is B - the point at which children relinquish their opposite-sex desires and identify with their same-sex parent is when their gender identity becomes solidified.

According to Sigmund Freud,girls and Boys Develop Feminine and Masculine