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Phallus/Phallocentrism, Abigail Rine
Phallus/Phallocentrism, Abigail Rine
Faculty Publications - Department of English
Excerpt: "In psychoanalytic theory, the phallus serves as the supreme symbol of masculine power and, concurrently, of feminine lack. “Phallocentrism” is a term used primarily by feminist theorists to denote the pervasive privileging of the masculine within the current system of signification."