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==Sigmund Freud==
===The notion of castration in Freud's work]]===
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In all of his discussions on [[sexuality]], [[Freud]] emphasizes [[castration]]. What [[Freud]] learned from his [[clinical]] [[practice]] is that [[sexuality]] always involves a dimension of the [[impossibility]] of reaching [[total]] [[satisfaction]]. In order to achieve some [[satisfaction]] it is necessary to [[renounce]] [[total]] [[satisfaction]] and this [[renunciation]] is one of the references to [[castration]], where [[castration]] is a condition for [[satisfaction]].
===Definition===[[Castration]] refers to the movement of [[separation]] installed by the [[Oedipal]] [[law]] between [[mother]] and [[infant]] and is thus a requirement of [[culture]]; it is the positive side of the [[prohibition]] of [[incest]]. [[Freud]] emphasizes that [[instinct]]ual [[renunciation]] is necessary for all [[cultural]] [[achievement]], associating it with the [[Oedipus]] [[complex]] and its [[resolution]].
