Madonna–whore complex
INABILITY TO MAINTAIN SEXUAL AROUSAL WITHIN A COMMITTED, LOVING RELATIONSHIP
Madonna-Whore Complex; Madonna/whore complex; Madonna whore complex; Virgin-whore dichotomy; Virgin/whore dichotomy; Madonna complex; Madonna-whore complex; Madonna-whore dichotomy; Virgin–whore; Virgin-whore; Madonna whore
In psychoanalytic literature, a Madonna–whore complex, also called a Madonna–mistress complex, is the inability to maintain sexual arousal within a committed, loving relationship. First identified by Sigmund Freud, under the rubric of psychic impotence,W.