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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

"Sexual Inversion"

I have
not admitted any narrative which I do not feel that I am
entitled to regard as a substantially accurate statement of the
facts, although allowance must occasionally be made for the
emotional coloring of these facts, the invert sometimes
cherishing too high an opinion, and sometimes too low an opinion,
of his own personality.

HISTORY I.--Both parents healthy; father of unusually fine
_physique_. He is himself a manual worker and also of
exceptionally fine _physique_. He is, however, of nervous
temperament. He is mentally bright, though not highly educated, a
keen sportsman, and in general a good example of an all-around
healthy Englishman.
While very affectionate, his sexual desires are not strongly
developed on the physical side, and seem never to have been so.
He sometimes masturbated about the age of puberty, but never
afterward. He does not appear to have well-marked erotic dreams.
There used to be some attraction toward women, though it was
never strong. At the age of 26 he was seduced by a woman and had
connection with her once.


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