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Originally Posted by OldTaylor
Between 3 and 6 years of age (oedipus rex) a boy is about doing away with dad and having mom all to himself and vice versa little girls. Unless a T is a sex T, the desire to hug said T seems a regressive distraction.
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You know, Freud wasn't right all the time. Besides, that explanation completely ignores same-sex hugs. I personally haven't ever felt the desire to hug a male clinician, but females are a different story. Not everything is about sex. I think it's more often about just wanting some physical comforting than some sort of complicated unconscious desire.