==Assumption of Castration==
==="Normalizing Effect"===
Both forms of The [[castration complex|castration]] (of the [[mother]] and of the [[subject]]) present presents the [[subject]] with a choice: to accept [[castration complex|castration]] or to deny it. [[Lacan]] argues that it is only by accepting (or "assuming") [[castration complex|castration]] that the [[subject]] can reach a degree of [[psyche|psychic ]] [[perversion|normality]]. In other words, the assumption of [[castration complex|castration]] has a "[[normalizing effect]]". This [[normalising effect ]] is to be understood in terms of both [[psychopathology]] ([[clinic]]al [[structure]]s and [[symptom]]s) and [[sexual identity]].
===Clinical Structures===
