The body image is the core of the incipient ego and the later self image. The aim of the paper is to isolate those physical influences which lead to the establishment of the body image. The body areas which are of greatest importance in contrasting and establishing individual recognition of the body self and that of others are the face and the genitals. The incorporation of the body takes place primarily through touch and vision. This build-up of body image takes place in accord with the body surface rather than a real internalized incorporation through the mouth. Early images of the sex organs will be influenced by the extent to which awareness of one's own organs is fused with that of the organs of another individual of the same or of the opposite sex. The sense of one's own body is constantly reinforced by the association with others of predominantly similar appearance. Even at a mature age the individual is in need of at least one other person similar to himself to look at and speak