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Acton later devoted his efforts to the suppression of child [[masturbation]], which was then thought to produce phthisis, blindness, insanity, and other disorders. [[Robert Darby]] (2003) wrote: | Acton later devoted his efforts to the suppression of child [[masturbation]], which was then thought to produce phthisis, blindness, insanity, and other disorders. [[Robert Darby]] (2003) wrote: | ||
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|Text=William Acton's opinion that childhood ought to be a period of "absolute sexual quiescence" was an important influence here. If any manifestation of sexual capacity before puberty was pathological rather than normal, it had to be eliminated, and corrective surgery, including [[circumcision]], was one of the usual means. | |Text=William Acton's opinion that childhood ought to be a period of "absolute sexual quiescence" was an important influence here. If any manifestation of sexual capacity before [[puberty]] was pathological rather than normal, it had to be eliminated, and corrective surgery, including [[circumcision]], was one of the usual means. | ||
|Author=[[Robert Darby]] | |Author=[[Robert Darby]] | ||
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