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A child is referred to as the stepdaughter or stepson of their biological or adoptive parent's new spouse, and the spouse is referred to as the stepparent (father or mother) of the child. A stepparent is the spouse of someone's parent, and not their biological parent, stepfather being the male spouse [2] and stepmother the female spouse. [3]
The Phaedra complex (/ ˈ f iː d r ə, ˈ f ɛ d r ə / [1]) is an informal, non-scientific designation to the sexual desire of a stepmother for her stepson, [2] though the term has been extended to cover difficult relationships between stepparents and stepchildren in general. [3]
The Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln biography by the National Park Service summarizes the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and his stepmother: 'She proved to be a good and kind mother' to him. By all reports their relationship was excellent, and Mrs. Lincoln considered her stepson a model child who was always honest, witty, and 'diligent for ...
Princess Diana describes her troubled relationship with her stepmother in never-before-heard audio from the 1990s. The clips were originally recorded for the biography Diana: Her True Story by ...
Its 1,280 lines of verse tell the story of Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens and her consuming lust for her stepson Hippolytus. Based on Greek mythology and the tragedy Hippolytus by Euripides, Seneca's Phaedra is one of several artistic explorations of this tragic story. Seneca portrays Phaedra as self-aware and direct in the pursuit of ...
Starring Léa Drucker and Samuel Kircher, the film explores the taboos of a stepmother–stepson relationship. [3] The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered on 25 May 2023. It was released in France on 13 September 2023. It received four nominations at the 49th César Awards.
The "righteous stepmother of Qi", faced with her son and stepson having been found by a murdered man, and both having confessed to shield the other, argues for her son's execution because her husband had ordered her to look after her stepson, and her son is the junior brother; the king pardoned them both for her devotion to duty.
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes is said to have suffered weeks of cruel abuse from his father and stepmother before his death, a jury has heard. Stepmother accused of child’s murder ‘blamed’ boy for ...