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→‎Natural sexual orientation: Meaning of "natural".
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:"A person may love
 
:"A person may love
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:1. Accordng to the narcissist type:
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:1. According to the narcissist type:
 
::a. What he is himself (actually himself)
 
::a. What he is himself (actually himself)
 
::b. What he once was
 
::b. What he once was
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::a. The woman who tends,
 
::a. The woman who tends,
 
::b. The man who protects."<ref>"On Narcissism"</ref>
 
::b. The man who protects."<ref>"On Narcissism"</ref>
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This meaning of "natural" is with respect to natural needs, rather than some biological determinism.  What Freud called narcissistic love interfered with the achievement of what he called the "anaclinic" needs provided by each sex in carrying out their sex roles.  Narcissistic love can heal psychic wounds, but choosing to pursue a loved person for possession before self-understanding in that wounded state does injury to the object of affection.
    
==Historical background==
 
==Historical background==
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