Claire, a Middle-Aged Woman, Is Feeling Unsuccessful in Her Career

Multiple Choice

Claire, a middle-aged woman, is feeling unsuccessful in her career as an actress. She finds herself becoming jealous of the male actors who seem to get offered more roles than she does. She is thinking about giving up on her acting career and becoming a stay-at-home mother. A psychoanalyst would interpret Claire's feelings as being due to ______.

A) castration anxiety
B) an unresolved Electra complex
C) penis envy
D) excess libido