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In his Outline of Psychoanalysis Freud (63), (64) summarizes the main results of psychoanalytic research concerning the sexual function as follows:
a.The sexual function does not start with puberty, but begins soon after birth with clear manifestations.
b.It is necessary to make a sharp distinction between the concepts sexual and genital. The first concept is wider and includes many activities which have nothing to do with the genitals.
c.Sexuality is defined as the function of gaining pleasurable gratification from specific bodily zones. This function is placed in the service of procreation only secondarily. Often both functions do not completely fuse [tr. by author].
Since Freud first postulated these three fundamental theses regarding sexuality in his Three Contributions(52), his observations