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active and passive:

According to Freud, the polarity between activity and passivity. Active or activity he associated with masculinity, aggression, sadism and voyeurism while passive or passivity he associated with femineity, submissiveness, masochism and exhibitionism. Freuds equation of passive with feminine has been much criticized by feminists.
See Also: active and passive, Australian passive, brownie queen, insertor, master-slave, passive, team player, toss freaks, tribada, tribadus

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