24,656
edits
Changes
no edit summary
[[Freud]] does use the adjective "[[phallic]]" more frequently, such as in the expression the "[[phallic phase]]", but again this implies no rigorous distinction between the terms "[[phallus]]" and "[[phallus|penis]]", since the [[phallic phase]] denotes a stage in [[development]] in which the [[child]] ([[boy]] or [[girl]]) knows only one [[biology|genital organ]] - the [[phallus|penis]].
<!-- [[Freud]]'s [[Works of Sigmund Freud|work]] abounds in references to the [[phallus|penis]]. 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]]". The [[phallus]] within [[Freud]]'s [[Sigmund Freud:Bibliography|work]] always maintained its reference to the [[male]] [[sexual relationship|sexual]] [[body|organ]]. -->
Freud's famous "symbolic equation" of breast, feces, penis, and baby (1916-1917a [1915-1917], 1918b, 1924d) already implied this distinction between the real penis and its phallic representations.