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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

"Sexual Inversion"

I am not attracted by young
women in any way. Even their physical beauty has little or no
charm for me, and I often wonder how men can be so affected by
it. On the other hand, I am not a woman-hater, and have several
strong friends of the opposite sex. They are, however, women
older than myself, and our friendship is based solely on certain
intellectual or esthetic tastes we have in common.
"I have had practically no physical relations with men; at any
rate, none specifically sexual. Once, when about 19 or 21, I
started to embrace a beautifully formed youth with whom I was
sleeping, but timidity and scruples got the better of my
feelings, and, as my bedfellow was not amorously inclined toward
me, nothing came of it. A few years after this I became strongly
attached to a friend whom I had already known for several years.
Circumstances threw us very much together during one summer. It
was now that I felt for the first time the full shock of love. He
returned my affection, but both of us were shy of showing our
feelings or speaking of them.


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