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The phrase "[[sexual difference]]", which has come into prominence in the debate between [[psychoanalysis]] and [[feminism]], is not part of [[Freud]]'s or [[Lacan]]'s [[psychoanalytic theory|theoretical ]] [[:Category:Terms|vocabulary]].
[[Freud]] speaks only of the [[anatomical ]] ''distinction'' between the sexes and its psychical consequences.<ref>[[Freud|Freud, Sigmund]]. "The Dissolution of the Oedipus Complex." SE XIX, 183. 1925.</ref>
[[Lacan]] speaks of sexual ''position'' and the [[sexual relationship|sexual ''relationship'']], and occasionally of the ''differentiation'' of the sexes.<ref>{{S4}} p.154</ref>
However, both [[Freud]] and [[Lacan]] address the question of [[sexual difference]], and an entry has been included for this temr because it brings together an import set of related themes in [[Lacan]]'s work, and because it constitutes an important focus for feminist approaches to [[Lacan]]'s work.
