Womb envy
EMOTION IN MEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY THEIR LACK OF THE FEMALE BIOLOGIC CAPABILITIES
Vagina envy; Uterus envy; Womb and vagina envy; Parturition envy
In psychology, womb envy denotes the envy that men may feel of the biological functions of the female (pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding). The neo-Freudian psychiatrist Karen Horney (1885–1952) proposed this as an innate male psychological trait.