In the [[stage]]s of [[psychosexual development]] listed by [[Freud]], the [[genital]] [[stage]]is the last [[stage]] in the series, coming after the two pregenital stages (the [[oral]] [[stage]] and the [[anal]] [[stage]]).{{Top}}génital{{Bottom}}
The ==Sigmund Freud====Psychosexual Development==In the [[genitalstage]] s of [[stagepsychosexual development]] first arises between the ages of three and five (the infantile genital organization or listed by [[phallicFreud]] , the [[phasegenital|genital stage]]) and is then interrupted by the last [[latency periodstage]]in the series, before returning at puberty coming after the two [[genital|pregenital stages]] (the [[genitaldevelopment|oral stage]] and the [[development|anal stage]] proper).
The [[Freudgenital|genital stage]] defined this first arises between the ages of [[stagethree]] as and five (the final "complete [[development|infantile genital organization" of ]] or [[development|phallic phase]]) and is then interrupted by the [[libidolatency period]], a synthesis of before returning at [[puberty]] (the previously anarchic "polymorphous perversity" of the pregenital stages.<ref>Freud. 1940a. SE XXIII. p[[genital|genital stage]] proper).155</ref>
Because of [[Freud]] defined this, [[stage]] as the concept final "[[complete]] organization" of 'genitality' came to represent the [[libido]], a privileged value in [[psychoanalytic theorysynthesis]] after of the previously anarchic "[[Freudperversion|polymorphous perversity]], coming to represent a " of the [[genital|pregenital stage]] s.<ref>{{F}} "[[Works of Sigmund Freud|Splitting of the Ego in the Process of full psychosexual maturityDefence]]" 1940a [1938]. [[SE]] XXIII. p.155</ref>
==Jacques Lacan====Genitality==Because of this, the [[Lacanconcept]] rejects most of "[[psychoanalytic theorygenital|genitality]] concerning the " came to [[genitalrepresent]] a privileged [[stagevalue]], in [[genitalpsychoanalytic theory]] after [[loveFreud]], etc., calling it an "absurd hymn coming to the represent a [[harmonystage]] of the [[genitalfull]] [[development|psychosexual maturity]]."<ref>{{E}} p.245</ref>
According to [[Lacan]] rejects most [[psychoanalytic theory]] concerning the [[genital]] [[stage]], [[genital]] [[love]], there is nothing etc., calling it an "absurd hymn to the [[harmoniousharmony]] about of the [[genital]]ity."<ref>{{E}} p. 245</ref>
===The genital stage===The stages of psychosexual development are conceived by According to [[Lacan]] not as natural phases of biological maturation but as forms of , there is [[nothing]] [[demandharmonious]][[about] which are structured retroactively.<ref>{{S8}} p] [[genital]]ity.238-46</ref>
In the oral and anal ==Genital Stage==The [[stages, ]] of [[desiredevelopment|psychosexual development]] is eclipsed are conceived by [[demandLacan]] not as [[nature|natural phases]], and it is only in the of [[genital stagebiology|biological maturation]] but as a third moment forms of [[demand]] which comes after the oral and anal stagesare [[structure]]d [[punctuation|retroactively]].<ref>{{S8}} p.268238-46</ref>
HoweverIn the [[development|oral]] and [[development|anal stages]], [[Lacandesire]]'s discussion of this stage focuses on what is eclipsed by [[Freuddemand]] referred to as , and it is only in the ''infantile'' [[genital organization (also known stage]] as the phallic phase); a stag ewhen [[third]] [[moment]] which comes after the child knows only one sexual organ (the male one) [[development|oral]] and passes through the [[castration complexdevelopment|anal stages]].<ref>{{S8}} p. 268</ref>
Thus the genital phase is only thinkabloeHowever, [[Lacan]] emphasizes, insofar as it is marked by the sign 's [[discussion]] of this [[castrationdevelopment|stage]] focuses on what [[Freud]]; referred to as the "[[genital|infantile genital realizationorganization]]" can (also known as the [[phallic phase]]); a [[development|stage]] when the [[child]] [[knows]] only be achieved on condition that one [[sexual]] [[organ]] (the [[subjectmale]] first assumes his own one) and passes through the [[castrationcomplex]].<ref>{{S4}} p.219</ref>
Furhtermore===Castration===Thus the [[genital|genital phase]] is only thinkable, [[Lacan]] insists that even when emphasizes, insofar as it is marked by the polymorphous perverse sexuality [[sign]] of the pregential phases comes under the domination of the [[castration]]; "[[genital|genital organization, this does not mean realization]]" can only be achieved on condition that pregenital sexuality is abolishedthe [[subject]] first assumes his own [[castration]].<ref>{{S4}} p.219</ref>
<blockquote>The most archaic aspirations Furthermore, [[Lacan]] insists that even when the [[perversion|polymorphous perverse]] [[sexuality]] of the [[genital|pregential phases]] comes under the domination of the child are... a nucleus genital organization, this does not mean that [[pregenital]] [[sexuality]] is never completely resolved under some primacy of genitality.<ref>{{S7}} pabolished.93</ref></blockquote>
He therefore rejects <blockquote>"The most archaic aspirations of the concept of child are... a final stage nucleus that is never completely resolved under some primacy of synthesis; synthesis is not possible for human beings, in [[Lacan]]'s view, since [[human]] [[subjectivity]] is essentially and irremediably [[split|divided]]genitality."<ref>{{S7}} p.93</ref></blockquote>
===The genital drive===The He therefore rejects the concept of a [[genital drivedevelopment|final stage]] of [[progress|synthesis]]; [[progress|synthesis]] is not listed by possible for [[human]] [[being]]s, in [[Lacan]] as one of the 's view, since [[human]] [[subjectivity]] is essentially and irremediably [[partial drivesplit|divided]]s.
Given that [[Lacan]] argues that every ===Genital Drive===The [[genital|genital drive]] is a not listed by [[partial driveLacan]], his refusal to include as one of the [[genital drive]] among the [[|partial drive]]s is tantamount to questioning its existence.
In 1964Given that [[Lacan]] argues that every [[drive]] is a [[drive|partial drive]], his [[refusal]] to include the [[Lacangenital|genital drive]] among the [[drive|partial drive]]s is tantamount to questioning its [[existence]] makes this explicit.
He writes: "the partial driveIn 1964, if it exists, is not at all articulated like the other drives.<ref>{{S11}} p[[Lacan]] makes this [[explicit]].189</ref>
Unlike He writes: "the other [[drivepartial]]sdrive, the if it [[genital driveexists]] (if it exists) "finds its form" on the side of , is not at all articulated like the other [[Otherdrives]].<ref>{{S11}} p.189</ref>
Unlike the other [[drive]]s, the [[genital|genital drive]] (if it [[exist]]s) "finds its [[form]]" on the side of the [[Other]].<ref>{{S11}} p. 189</ref> Furthermore, there is no "[[genital|genital object]]" that would correspond to a supposed [[genital drive]]. ==Genital Love==[[Lacan]] rejects Michael [[Balint]]'s concept of "[[genital|genital love]]". The term indicates a [[development|psychosexual maturity]] in which the two elements of sensuality and affection are completely integrated and harmonized, and in which there is thus no longer any [[ambivalence]]. [[Freud]], however, never used the term, and [[Lacan]] rejects it as completely [[alien]] to [[psychoanalytic theory]]. For [[Lacan]], the [[idea]] of final [[development|psychosexual maturity]] and [[progress|synthesis]] implied in the term "[[genital|genital love]]" is an [[illusion]] which completely overlooks "the barriers and snubs (''Erniedrigungen'') that are so common even in the most fulfilled love relation."<ref>{{E}} p. 245</ref> There is no such [[thing]] as a [[ambivalence|post-ambivalent]] [[object]] relation. ===Oblativity===The concept of [[genital|genital love]] is closely linked to that of "[[genital|oblativity]]", a term used by some [[psychoanalyst]]s to designate a mature form of [[love]] in which one [[loves]] the other person for what he is rather than for what he can give. [[Lacan]] is as critical of the concept of [[genital|oblativity]] as he is of the concept of [[genital|genital love]], viewing it as a form of moralism and a [[betrayal]] of the [[analytic]] discovery of the [[part-object]].<ref>{{S8}} pp. 173-4</ref> He argues that the concept of [[genital|oblativity]] has little to do with [[genital|genitality]] and has far more in common with [[anal]] [[eroticism]]. Following [[Freud]]'s equation between faeces and gifts, [[Lacan]] states that the [[formula]] of [[genital|oblativity]] - "everything for the other" -- shows that it is a [[fantasy]] of the [[obsessional neurosis|obsessional neurotic]].<ref>{{S8}} p. 241</ref>
===Genital love===
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* [[Development]]
* [[Libido]]
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