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Punitive-repressive attitudes toward extramarital sex are also linked with physical violence, personal crime, and the practice of slavery.

— James W. Prescott Body Pleasure and the Origins of Violence (1975)

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We should be breast-feeding children up to 2 or 3 years of age.

Sensory deprivation during the formative periods of development leads to a high demand and need for stimulation later in life.

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It appears that the beneficial effects of infant physical affection can be negated by the repression of physical pleasure (premarital sex) later in life.

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Most of our 'pleasure' activities appear to be substitutes for the natural sensory pleasures of touching.

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Societies which inflict pain and discomfort upon their infants tend to neglect them as well.

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