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Deep feelings of inferiority (castration complex) and strong mother-fixation made marriage impossible for Brahms. He was hampered by severance of his tender from his sensual feelings and his erotic life was correspondingly divided. He maintained a son-mother relationship with Clara Schumann and had intercourse with prostitutes.