Freud examined such fantasies from several points of view: the relation of perversions to the Oedipus complex; the relation between sadism and masochism; the origins of the superego; the function of repression; and, especially relevant to this paper, the way an infantile perversion may manifest itself in disguised and distorted nonperverse fashion. Analysis revealed how derivatives of such fantasies deformed a patient's character and her relationships. In her activities and relationships she 'arranged' to be 'psychically beaten', thereby demonstrating that she was a passive victim rather than an active attacker. The pathological behavior and fantasies served other purposes: she avowed weakness and denied competitiveness with the mother; she 'bought off' worse punishment; and she expressed erotic attachment to the father.