¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatever you say (and to clarify, Lacan identified the literalism of the theory as a problem and abstracted the idea to the level of desire. The chil

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ whatever you say (and to clarify, Lacan identified the literalism of the theory as a problem and abstracted the idea to the level of desire. The child wants whatever mommy desires, whatever will make her stick around, which may or may not be the literal penis. In many cases it isn't.)