El Edipo: una salida más allá de lo binario

Abstract

The present investigation puts in context the most notable contributions of the psychoanalytic current, under the variables of "Oedipus Complex and Sexual Orientation". In order to interpret the link between the Oedipus Complex and the emergence of Sexual Orientations from the psychoanalytic perspective. For this, a bibliographic review and analysis of a case has been carried out later. In the first instance, Sigmund Freud's postulates state that a Sexual Orientation is hetero or different, it arises from the experience in the environment, emphasizing the phallic stage (between 3 and 6 years), being one of the stages most important subjects in psychosexual development. In its course, the infant naturally experiences situations that must solve and end the Oedipus Complex guided by an evolutionary framework. Otherwise, this becomes a negative Oedipus Complex, which would mark homosexual preferences in adult life. Subsequently, a review of heteronormativity and QUEER theories about sexual diversity in our context is established. To continue with the development of this research, the objective of the theme is to analyze the influence of the Oedipus Complex on Sexual Orientations. For this, a qualitative approach was used, the same one that allows to extract the most outstanding characteristics from a personal section. Such characteristics serve as a process to correlate the theoretical postulates with the events that are linked to their individual development, and that, as a product of this correlation, take for granted or otherwise the reality of both the classic postulates and the more recent postulates. Although from a professional perspective, as clinical psychologists, linked to psychoanalytic practice, it cannot be, nor is it intended to stagnate in a classic or rigid definition, but rather, as a proposal for optimal development in the ethical and professional development, it should be included constant updates on how sensitive people are to be dealt with. Furthermore, the subject focused on this thesis directly includes an approach subject to modifications or readjustments that allow the extraction of the most renewed knowledge, characteristics and complements of the basic theories to be complemented with the theoretical postulates without losing its essence. Simultaneously, as a sample it has been chosen to choose the non-probabilistic one, said sample is chosen based on the subjective judgment of the representatives of the thesis, avoiding making a random choice. At the same time, the “Life history” technique has been used as an instrument. This technique allows the use of all the necessary sources of bibliographic references, linked as a contribution to the development of the work without the need for the presence of the person. For the execution of the analysis of the case, categories have been extracted with the help of the MAXQDA software, to establish an objective analysis according to the personal history of the subject. It can be indicated that in their family environment there was a setback, which prevents the solution of the oedipal complex, which can be observed in adulthood. And as a conclusion we can say that the Oedipus Complex is nodal for the development of Sexual Orientation.