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Freudian Dictionary
Castration anxiety persists in the guise of syphilophobia, after it has been learned that castration is no longer customary as a punishment for giving the sexual appetites free rein but that serious diseases threaten intinctual freedom instead.[1]
I may refer to the case of a young man who became agoraphobic because he was afraid of yielding to the allurements of prostitutes and of acquiring syphilis as a punishment.[2]
- ↑ Template:PoA Ch. 9
- ↑ Template:PoA Ch. 7