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You could give the nurse a face that is well within the feminine range of faces, but reminds the soldier of a man that he knows very well. At one of my assignments in the military there was a fema...
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You could give the nurse a face that is well within the feminine range of faces, but reminds the soldier of a man that he knows very well. At one of my assignments in the military there was a female officer who bore a striking resemblance to Robin Williams. This completely killed any unprofessional interest I may have had in her. Another tack is to give her a physical quality that she has in common with his mother and sisters and with no other person he knows, so that he strongly associates this trait with women he cannot pursue to the point that he doesn't even look at her in this light.