The anal erotic adult may very possibly be a very important and useful person in society, precisely because of his anal eroticism. His frustrations may lead him to be highly creative or active as a social reformer. He may be uncommonly responsible. But the golden age lies behind him; he has been expelled from Eden, and, above all, he detests children because they occupy the realm he himself would prefer. Nothing that adult life offers makes up for what he has lost. On the other hand, since deviation is a major spur in his life, should psychotherapy successfully remove his yearning for the impossible, the other worthy and creative aspects of his personality will be sacrificed as well. He may conceivably win peace of mind, but at the price of his usefulness.