Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2: Sexual InversionEllis, Havelock
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2: Sexual Inversion
Ellis, Havelock
Sex; Sex (Psychology)
"A short time afterward I was in Brussels and I paid my first
visit to a brothel, a place close to the Cathedral. I picked a
girl of about 18 from eight naked beauties paraded for my choice.
She was avaricious and demanded 10 francs, I had paid 20 for my
room and had only 2 left. I wanted her to play with me, but she
only seized the penis and pulled me to her with such vigorous
action that I discharged very rapidly. I was so disgusted with
the result that I masturbated when I returned to my boarding
house.
"A year later I paid Portugal a visit and my friends there
frequently brought me to brothels and also introduced me to
ladies of easy virtue. I had connection with them; the Portuguese
prostitutes never suggested anything unnatural and in no instance
did a male approach me for sexual purposes.
"When I became a medical student, I used to visit a Turkish bath
frequently; on one occasion I playfully slapped a friend on the
buttocks, when my father, who was present, told me not to do so
as it was not proper conduct in public, that if I liked to do so
to him or one or two others it was no harm in private. Until I
was 21, in the bath my father always covered his penis from my
view, but after I attained my majority he always exposed himself
and repeatedly showed me pictures of naked women; he also taught
me the use of the condom.
"In my twenty-fourth year, a tall, handsome man who used to
frequent the baths one day sat down beside me and playfully
knocked my toes with his; he then pressed his naked thigh against
mine and a little later in the cooling room slipped his hand
under my sheet and grasped my penis; he then asked me to meet him
a few days later in the baths, saying I would be pleased with
what he would do.
"I kept the appointment and he took me into the hottest room,
where we lay on the floor; in a few minutes he turned on his side
and threw one of his legs across me; I got frightened and jumped
up; he had a powerful erection, but I refused to lie down again,
although he pulled his foreskin back to excite my desires; I was
afraid of being surprised by another bather. Twice on future
occasions I met this man and he made advances. I believe that I
would have yielded then if we had met at a private house.
"Shortly afterward I met an elderly gentleman at the baths who
also made advances to me, but from fear I resisted him. I also
disliked him as he had a foul breath and bad teeth; besides I was
now able to go to the Continent and enjoy female charms to my
heart's desire.
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