<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta_complex">Jocasta complex</a> syndrome is what you are referring to.</p>

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  <p>In psychoanalytic analysis, the Jocasta complex is the incestuous
  sexual desire of a mother towards her son. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta_complex">SOURCE</a></p>
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<p>I know about Oedipus complex.</p>

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<li>What is it called when a mother has sexual desires towards her son?</li>
<li>Is the term reserved for single mothers or does it include married mothers?</li>
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What it is called when a mother has sexual desires towards her son?
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# What it is called when a mother has sexual desires towards her son?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2013-07-08)

I know about Oedipus complex.

* What is it called when a mother has sexual desires towards her son?
* Is the term reserved for single mothers or does it include married mothers?

**Tags:** abnormal-psychology, parenting, sexuality, psychoanalysis


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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-03-19. Score: 7

[Jocasta complex](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta_complex) syndrome is what you are referring to.

> In psychoanalytic analysis, the Jocasta complex is the incestuous
> sexual desire of a mother towards her son. [SOURCE](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocasta_complex)


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