>>92508446>you have the son having to overcome weakness and dependence while not losing sight of authority and empathy in a woman he grows to dominate.This is by far one of the more interesting themes of Oedipal works, one that I legitimately would like to see explored more often than it is. As the barrier between the mother/son relationship is eroded and the two head ever closer to romantic relationship, there is a distinct, unbelievably frightening barrier that once crossed cannot ever be uncrossed. This is usually the physical element to the relationship, and the consequences of crossing it are far more severe for an Oedipal relationship than a regular one.
To put it plainly, if you fuck a girl and decide you don't want to be together, there is no harm in leaving the sex as a "one-time" deal. A son who fucks his mother has no such luxury, because after the deed is done they are thrust into a new dynamic, one where a mother cannot treat her son like offspring any longer because the very act of mating has severed the mental association of "she is my mother" and replaced it with "she is my mate", and any attempt to go back to how things were before will ultimately fail because of the carnal knowledge the son has. Of course, this goes both ways, as the son cannot treat his mother like a mother anymore, for his breaking of the barrier means that he is now alone, as far as his brain is concerned the woman he just trysted with is a mate to be protected, not a mother to care for him.
And this is all stuff that happens in the shadows, when it is just mother and son. Society imposes its own challenges and nightmares upon the Oedipal couple.
