Havelock Ellis Quotes
The mother is really a more immediate parent than the father because one is born from the mother, and the first experience of any infant is the mother.
Topics
Parenting, Parental Authority
Mothers, Motherhood
Childbirth
Father
Mother
Mother Child
Parent
Birth Experience
Infant Development
Maternal Bond
Maternal Care
Maternal Influence
Maternal Instinct
Mother-Child Relationship
Motherly Love
Parental Influence
Parental Role
Primary Caregiver
maternal connection
Citations
Ellis, Havelock. Little Essays of Love and Virtue. George H. Doran Company, 1922.
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Henry Havelock Ellis was an English physician, eugenicist, writer, progressive intellectual and social reformer who studied human sexuality. He co-wrote the first medical textbook in English on homosexuality in 1897, and also published works on a variety of sexual practices and inclinations, as well as on transgender psychology. He is credited with introducing the notions of narcissism and autoeroticism, later adopted by psychoanalysis.