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Following [[Freud]], [[Lacan]] also engages with the problem of how the human infant becomes a [[sexed subject]].
For [[Lacan]], [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] are not [[biological]] essences but [[symbolic position]]s, and the assumption of one of these two positions is fundamental to the construction of [[[subjectivity]]; the [[subject]] is essentially a [[sexed subject]].
"[[Man]]" and "[[woman]]" are [[signifier]]s that stand for these two [[subjective position]]s.<ref>{{S20}} p.34</ref>
