In a number of cases hatred may be felt, not--as usually happens--towards the parent of the same sex as that of the child, but towards the parent of the _opposite_ sex. This abnormality may arise in some cases from a general tendency to homosexuality on the part of the child, in which case he is apt to suffer from an "inverted Œdipus complex", as Ferenczi has termed it; love being felt towards the parent of the same sex and jealousy towards the parent of the opposite sex; the emotions being of the same quality as those met with in the usual form of the complex but opposite in direction. Quite apart, however, from any tendency to sexual inversion, the hatred of the parent of the opposite sex may, in other cases, arise secondarily as a consequence of the natural tendency of this parent to display affection towards the other parent (_i. e._ from the child's point of view, to give undue attention to a sexual rival). The hatred thus secondarily aroused towards the original object of love may manifest itself openly in consciousness or may suffer various degrees of repression, in the same manner as the more usual hatred towards the parent of the same sex. The importance and interest of this secondary hatred lies principally in its influence on certain forms of displacement to which we shall have to refer in a later chapter. FOOTNOTES: [Footnote 32: An excellent condensed treatment of many of the effects of incestuous fixation will be found in K. Abraham's "Die Stellung der Verwandtenche in der Psychologie der Neurosen." _Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen_, 1909, I., 110.] [Footnote 33: In a rather extreme case known to the writer a woman of about 35 had never been able to leave home without the most intense feelings of sorrow and loneliness, which usually impelled her to return precipitately after the absence of a day or two. In childhood she could seldom be induced to go more than a mile or so from her home unless accompanied by her parents and in later life neurotic symptoms were developed which effectually prevented her from living apart from her nearest relatives. As was to be expected, analysis revealed a very strong parent fixation, and after treatment she was able to fill a responsible post in a town far removed from the residence of her family.] [Footnote 34: _Cp._ M. Steiner, "Die funktionelle Impotenz des Mannes und ihre Behandlung," 1913. Freud, "Beiträge zur Psychologie des Liebeslebens." _Jahrbuch für psychoanalytische und psychopathologische Forschungen_, 1912, IV, 40. Ferenczi, "Contributions to Psycho-Analysis," 9.]