ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the fundamental characteristics of infantile and adult sexuality. Adult sexuality involves making lovein the sense of making love available to the other person and the world, while infantile sexuality involves having sex, where all that really matters is getting a fix. The chapter explains that sexuality is not confined to sensations in the genitals, but to all erogenous zones, such as the nipples, the anus, and even the skin itself, as an organ. The first thing that needs to be underlined is that every person’s sexuality is largely the result of emotional development. Adult sexuality, on the other hand, involves an attitude which can only be possible when the neediness and narcissistic tendencies of the child have been sufficiently mastered and concern for the well-being of the other is possible. Adult sexuality is concerned with giving, rather than getting, with service rather than gratification.
