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NotP Chapter 4: Session 768, March 22, 1976 4/28 (14%) sexual lesbian homosexual taboos identification
– The Nature of the Psyche: Its Human Expression
– © 2011 Laurel Davies-Butts
– Chapter 4: The Psyche in Relationship to Sexual Elements. The He and She — The She and He
– Session 768, March 22, 1976 9:43 P.M. Monday

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Some individuals known as men could give birth to a child fathered by the same person — could (underlined). The abilities are there.

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(Pause at 10:01.) During that period, many elements come into play and are meant to make the process attractive to the individuals involved, and to their tribes, societies, or civilizations. A relatively strong “sexual” identification is important under those circumstances — but (louder) an over-identification with them, before or afterward, can lead to stereotyped behavior, in which the greater needs and abilities of the individual are not allowed fulfillment.

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The slightest deviation is looked upon with dismay, so that personal identity and worth are completely tied into identification with femaleness or maleness. Completely different characteristics, abilities, and performances are expected from those in each category. A male who does not feel himself fully male, therefore, does not trust his identity as a person. A woman doubtful of her complete femininity in the same manner does not trust the integrity of her personhood.

A lesbian or homosexual is on very shifting psychological ground, because the same interests and abilities that they feel most personally theirs are precisely those that mark them as sexual eccentrics.

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