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genital stage

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Noun1.genital stage - (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
adolescence - the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
phase, stage - any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"


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The genital stage signifies the arrival at an adult level of development where sexual satisfaction comes through healthy heterosexual relationships and marriage.
Spero's allegorical works suggest that war encourages the fierce return, in both sexes, to self-gratifying infantile oral, anal, and genital stages (with bodies reduced to tongues, assholes, and pricks).
 
 
 
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