or mother, either consciously or unconsciously, elevate the child into a substitute sexual partner or commit real acts of seduction with him ... (A. Freud, 1968, p. 45). • "If we assume that the term `seduction' refers to any kind of sexual encounter, it can range from milder types, such as exposing o

or mother, either consciously or unconsciously, elevate the child into a substitute sexual partner or commit real acts of seduction with him .. ." (A. Freud, 1968, p. 45). • "If we assume that the tam 'seduction' refers to any kind of sexual encounter, it can range from milder types. such as exposing on

that they become consciously inaccessible for extended time periods because of special memory mechanisms, such as repression or dissociation (e.g., A. Freud, 1936/1946; S. Freud, 19151 1957; Williams. 1994b: but see Erdelyi. 2031). Proponents of this latter view have relied largely on retrospective stud