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The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want? — Sigmund Freud

The great question that has never been answered…is what does a woman want?

In the original German

Die große Frage, die nie beantwortet worden ist...ist die: "Was will das Weib?"

Sigmund Freud
1925
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Men and women
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1925
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Sigmund Freud
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Freud, Sigmund. Stated to Marie Bonaparte during their psychoanalytic session. 8 Dec. 1925.

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