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    The sexual regions constitute a particularly vulnerable spot, and remain so even in man, and the need for their protection which thus exists conflicts with the prominent display required for sexual allurement. This end is far more effectively attained, with greater advantage and less disadvantage, by concentrating the chief ensigns of sexual attractiveness on the upper and more conspicuous parts of the body. This method is well-nigh universal among animals as well as in man.

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Our minds can work for us or against us at any given moment. We can learn to accept and live read more

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It is part of the formidableness of a genuine mass movement that the self-sacrifice it promotes includes also a sacrifice read more

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