We approach the piercing complex based on the theory of generalized seduction, with a focus on the so-called “orificial sexuality” and on parental fantasies, especially the piercing of the orifices, which eventually inoculate the fear of perforation in the child. We believe that the fear of piercing refers to the reality of the message (coming from the adult) and urges the child to translate the internal foreign body that is actually introduced into it, namely sexual stimulation. It is in this original penetration (of the message of the other) that we locate the change in the vector of explanation of the paralyzing fear found in the piercing complex, which according to Bonapartean thinking stems from a protocellular reaction.
Key words:
Message; piercing; seduction; translation