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====Castration of the Mother====
In the [[first time ]] of the [[Oedipus complex]], "the mother is considered, by both sexes, as possessing the phallus, as the phallic mother."<ref>{{E}} p.282</ref>
By promulgating the [[incest taboo ]] in the [[second time]], the [[imaginary ]] [[father ]] is seen to deprive her of this [[phallus]].
[[third time]]
Lacan argues that properly speaking, this is not castration but privation.
However, Lacan himself often uses these terms interchangeably, speaking both of the privation of the mother and of her castration.
====Castration of the Subject====
