The Paternal Function Is a Prohibitive Know

Paternity doesn't have anything to do with anatomy for lacon. It is a subject position that anyone can occupy. The maternal figure can invoke the paternal function by saying something like, just wait until your father gets home and finds out what you've been doing. Or if you want to keep it a little more abstract, if Jesus could see what you just did, he would be so proud. And in this sense, its primary purpose is protection.