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« on: October 26, 2016, 02:45:32 PM »
For what it's worth, I believe Barrie did have a strong physical attraction to the opposite sex. His letter where he speaks of Sylvia's adorable mouth, and another in which he described an actress in similar terms, do not sound like the language of a man who is asexual. I'm not sure of the psychiatric term, but there is a condition in which a young man may be very attracted to the opposite sex, but he will not attempt an intimate relationship with a woman, because in his mind it would mark the end of his childhood, which he is deeply attached to. As an armchair psychiatrist, that's how I tend to see Barrie.