polymorphous perversity, n.Definitions

Polymorphous perversity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the child's starting point, and normality is what is left after some of it has been repressed.

Polymorphous perversity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the small child's sexuality, which knows none of the barriers education will build — not even the one between people and animals.

Polymorphous perversity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not the child's nature but a polyvalent disposition is: to call it sexual because adult sex grows from it is like calling the ectoderm the brain.

Polymorphous perversity (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠Freud's ill-chosen name for infant sexuality, and in mature form it may be liberated sex: eyes, ears, nose and skin all avenues of erotic communion with nature.