Char DeCroos -Sedgwick describes Friedman's ego consolidation of boys as a process of idealization and imitation. However, he doens't discuss whether if a similar process occurs for girls. It seems that this need to force someone to not be homosexual ends up hurting not only the person but a future wife and family. Or something elses that really might have a hugely significant impact on the future of that child's social adjustment to the adult world. It seems that the stronger diagnosis for boys in the DSM-III shows how much more on guard people are to prevent boys from growing up gay.
Effeminate behavior is reacted to much more strongly than a girl who is a tomboy.
The others must agree that the boy is and will remain similar to them. Daniel Huecker -Sedwick makes an important, if obvious, point about using therapy to prevent or reverse a gay identity. Walter Dan Stiehl -The article seems to agree with Freud. The idea of penis envy of little girls is manifested through her constant dreams in which the penis appears either coming from her through her mouth or her genitals. In both cases, both children were striving to be loved and accepted for their identities.