sadistic-anal

Updated: May 15, 2025

Here the sexual activity became separated from the nourishment activity and the strange object was given up in favor of one from his own body. A second pregenital phase is the sadistic-anal organization. Here the contrasts which run through the whole sexual life are already developed, but cannot yet be designated as masculine and feminine, but must be called active and passive.

Sigmund Freud - Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex