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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dr. Jeffrey
Moussaieff Masson (born March 28, 1941 as Jeffrey Lloyd Masson in
Chicago, Illinois) is an American author, residing in New Zealand.
Masson is best known for his conclusions about Sigmund Freud and
psychoanalysis. In his book The Assault on Truth, Masson argued that
Freud may have abandoned his seduction theory because he feared that
granting the truth of his female patients' claims that they had been
sexually abused would hinder the acceptance of his psychoanalytic
methods. (Several Freud scholars have disputed the traditional story
that Freud's seduction theory patients reported having been sexually
abused in early childhood, the basis on which Masson built his case.) He
is a vegan and has written about animal rights.
