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“This idealization of motherhood is essentially a means of keeping women from developing a sexual consciousness and from breaking through the barriers of sexual repression, of keeping alive their sexual anxieties and guilt feelings. The very existence of woman as a sexual being would threaten authoritarian ideology; her recognition and social affirmation would mean its collapse.”

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Book:The Mass Psychology of Fascism
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Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich was a prominent psychoanalyst, born on March 24, 1897, and died on November 3, 1957. He made significant contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, particularly in the areas of sexual psychology and orgonomy. more

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