“But as the 20th century dawned, Freudian psychology promoted the regressive notion that women suffer an intrinsic deficiency resulting in “penis envy.” Freud wrote that the “depreciation of women, horror of women, and a disposition to homosexuality are derived from the final conviction that women have no penis.” In his view, Medusa's face represents a “vagina dentata”—a hideous toothed vagina—surrounded by the writhing phalluses of castrated men.” FreudMedusa MythologyPenis EnvyVagina Dentata Book:Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom Source: Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom