Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4: Sexual Selection In ManEllis, Havelock
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4: Sexual Selection In Man
Ellis, Havelock
Sex; Sex (Psychology)
"From what I have disclosed, it will be seen that I am but a
frail man; but for many years I have striven honestly and hard to
discipline sexuality within myself, and to regulate it according
to right reason, pure hygiene, and the moral law; and I can but
hope and believe that the Divine Power in which I have endeavored
to trust will in the future, as it has done in the past, working
by natural methods and through the current events of my life,
amend and control my sex life and conduct it to safe and
honorable issues."
HISTORY II.--A.B., married, good general health, dark hair, fair
complexion, short-sighted, and below medium height. Parents both
belong to healthy families, but the mother suffered from nerves
during early years of married life, and the father, a very
energetic and ambitious man, was cold, passionless, and
unscrupulous. A.B. is the oldest child; two of the brothers and
sisters are slightly abnormal, nervously. But, so far as is
known, none of the family has ever been sexually abnormal.
A.B. was a bright, intelligent child, though inclined to be
melancholy (and in later years prone to self-analysis). At
preparatory school was fairly forward in studies, at public
school somewhat backward, at University suddenly took a liking to
intellectual pursuits. Throughout he was slack at games. Has
never been able to learn to swim from nervousness. Can whistle
well. Has always been fond of reading, and would like to have
been an author by profession. He married at 24, and has had two
children, both of whom showed congenital physical abnormalities.
Before the age of 7 or 8 A.B. can remember various trifling
incidents. "One of the games I used to play with my sister," he
writes, "consisted in pretending we were 'father and mother' and
were relieving ourselves at the w.c. We would squat down in
various parts of the room, prolong the simulated act, and talk. I
do not remember what our conversation was about, nor whether I
had an erection. I used also to make water from a balcony into
the garden, and in other unusual places.
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