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painting , the unity and force of an intellectual structure , we have experienced
that powerfulness as the expressive energy of an ego which , unlike ours , was
licensed to direct itself outward upon the world . If we have experienced man ' s ...
painting , the unity and force of an intellectual structure , we have experienced
that powerfulness as the expressive energy of an ego which , unlike ours , was
licensed to direct itself outward upon the world . If we have experienced man ' s ...
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Woman as elemental force , and as sexual temptress and consumer of his sexual
energies , thus becomes , for man , a figure generating anxiety : “ Woman is a
mysterious being who communicates with spirits and thus has magic powers that
...
Woman as elemental force , and as sexual temptress and consumer of his sexual
energies , thus becomes , for man , a figure generating anxiety : “ Woman is a
mysterious being who communicates with spirits and thus has magic powers that
...
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... of birth - attendants " stripping " the abdomen ( squeezing it downward like a
cow ' s udder to force the child ' s descent ) , trampling on the abdomen directly
above the fetus , or tying tight clothes around the mother ' s body to force
expulsion .
... of birth - attendants " stripping " the abdomen ( squeezing it downward like a
cow ' s udder to force the child ' s descent ) , trampling on the abdomen directly
above the fetus , or tying tight clothes around the mother ' s body to force
expulsion .
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