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[[Freud]]'s did not distinguish between the [[penis]] as an actual (anatomical) [[Works of Sigmund Freudbody|workbodily organ]] abounds in references to and the [[phallus|penis]]. as a [[Freudsignifier]] argues that children of both [[sexual difference|sexes]] set great value on the . <!-- [[phallus|penisFreud]], and that their discovery that some 's [[humanWorks of Sigmund Freud|work]] [[being]]s do not possess a abounds in references to the [[phallus|penis]] leads to important psychical consequences. However, the term "[[phallus]]" rarely appears in [[Freud]]'s [[Works of Sigmund Freud|work]], and when it does it is used as a synonym of "[[phallus|penis]]".<!-- [[Freud]] did not distinguish between the [[penis]] as an actual [[body|bodily organ]] and the '[[phallus]]' as a [[signifier]] of [[sexual difference]]. The [[phallus]] within [[Freud]]'s [[Sigmund Freud:Bibliography|work]] always maintained its reference to the [[male]] [[sexual relationship|sexual]] [[body|organ]]. -->

[[Freud]] does use called the adjective "[[phallicdevelopment|period]]" more frequently, such as in the expression the "between [[phallic phasethree and five years of age]]", but again this implies no rigorous distinction between the terms "[[phallusphallic phase]]." and "[[phallus|penis]]", since the The [[phallic phase]] denotes a [[stage ]] in [[development]] in which the [[child]] ([[boy]] or [[girl]]) knows only one [[biology|genital organ]] - the [[phallus|penis]]. At this stage, infants of both sexes are dominated by the question of who possesses a penis and the related issue of its masturbatory jouissance (gratification). [[Freud]] argues that children of both [[sexual difference|sexes]] set great value on the [[phallus|penis]], and that their discovery that some [[human]] [[being]]s do not possess a [[phallus|penis]] leads to important [[psyche|psychical]] consequences. Up to this point, the mother is imagined as having a penis, and the discovery that she lacks a penis, after an initial denial, precipitates the castration complex.