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The balance of forces between the id, the ego, and the superego is continually changing in the secondary defensive struggle against the symptom. While sexual deviations and perverted fantasies can be regarded as "symptom equivalents" they may also assume a defensive function in warding off anxiety and inhibition of genital sexuality.