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The effect of pregnancy and childbirth on the male is described as a universally occurring phenomenon, its result depending on the later psychic equilibrium in relation to the earlier infantile situation. Cases are presented as illustrations and suggestions made as to the further significance of the recognition of the role of childbirth in the psychic life of the father.