destined to be converted into a wish for a baby and for a husband, and for the man in assuming his passive attitude and in subjecting himself to a father substitute We are all the more extricated from Oedipus as we become a living example, an advertisement, a theorem in action, so as to attract our children to Oedipus: we have evolved in Oedipus, we have been structured in Oedipus, and under the neutral and benevolent eye of the substitute, we have learned the song of castration, the lack of beingthat is life; yes it is through castration/