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What is the Madonna-Whore Complex?
The Madonna-Whore Complex is a psychological concept, first identified by Sigmund Freud, describing the male tendency to divide women into two categories: the “Madonna” (pure, virtuous, worthy of love and respect) and the “Whore” (sexual, available, degraded). A man with this complex desires the whore but cannot love her, and loves the Madonna but cannot…