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Man's basic conflict is his need and desire for love, opposed by the fear of giving or receiving it. One adaptation to the conflict is to convert love into a less powerful, rarefied experience, as Pygmalion did when he avoided women and fell in love with a statue. Three brief case histories illustrate this defensive flight from intense emotional involvement.