The great question that has never been answered…is, what do women want?

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

Sigmund Freud

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Topic

Men and women

Speaker

Sigmund Freud

Statement Type

Question

Language

German

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Psychologist Writer

From

Austria Europe

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Original Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Quoted in the personal journal of Marie Bonaparte, dated 8 Dec. 1925.

Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Quoted in Life and Work of Sigmund Freud by Ernest Jones. Basic Books, 1975, abridged edition.

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