primal phantasy, n.Definitions

A Primal phantasy (n.) like ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠overhearing one's parents is too rare to be universal, yet sits at the root of so many sexual histories that it seems inherited.

A Primal phantasy (n.) such ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠as watching the parents' intercourse, seduction or castration is seldom absent from any human being's store of unconscious phantasies.