In psychoanalytic literature, the Madonna–Whore Complex is the inability of a man to maintain sexual arousal within a committed, loving relationship. First identified by Sigmund Freud, classified under psychic impotence, this psychological complex is said to develop in men who see women as either saintly Madonnas or debased Prostitutes. Men with this complex desire a sexual partner who has been degraded (the Whore) while they cannot desire their respected partner (the Madonna). Freud wrote: “Where such men love they have no desire and where they desire they cannot love.” He argued that the Madonna-Whore Complex was caused by a split…
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