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More oxford books @ www.OxfordeBook.comFore more urdu books visit www.4Urdu.com226WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957–1968psychology was not even psychology as such, Nathan admitted. He toldRand, “My whole interest in psychology is not to cure patients, but tojustify our view of man.” 27 At the time he began his liaison with PatreciaNathan was working to apply these ideas in the realm of romantic love.Nathan’s own life provided the perfect example of his psychologicalsystem in action. Unable to accept, change, or rationally understand hisfeelings for Patrecia, he went into denial. Their affair was only temporary,he told himself, and would fizzle out before long. Nor was he ableto pull away from Rand, despite his faltering desire. Instead he triedto explain his behavior in rational terms. And he began to lie. He toldRand he suffered from a mysterious sexual block; something was wrongwith him. Ever eager to help her prize student, Rand met with him forlong therapy sessions. She held out some hope that he and Barbarawould reunite, seeing them together for additional meetings. Rand evenallowed herself to confront the unacceptable: that Nathan, now in hisearly thirties, had no sexual or romantic desire for a woman who wasnearly sixty. When she asked directly, Nathan denied that his feelingshad changed. He at once prevaricated and hinted at the truth, hopingfor a miracle that would deliver them all. Maybe Rand would decide ofher own accord their affair was over and set him free. But Rand, neverone for subtlety or nuance, could not read between the lines. 28Rand was also blinded by her idea of man worship, a corollary to hersex theory. Men and women are equal, Rand emphasized, but nonethelessa woman should look up to her man’s superior masculinity. WhenMcCall’s called Rand for a puff piece about a woman president, she toldthe magazine, “A woman cannot reasonably want to be a commanderin-chief.”Many readers of The Objectivist were astounded by the assertionand asked Rand for clarification. She elaborated in a longer essay,“An Answer to Readers: About a Woman President.” According to Rand,a woman should never be president, not because she was unqualifiedfor the task, but because a woman president would be too powerful.As commander in chief she would be unable to look up to any manin her life, and this would be psychologically damaging. Any womanwho would consider such a position, Rand claimed, was unfit for it, for“a properly feminine woman does not treat men as if she were theirpal, sister, mother—or leader.” 29 Rand’s theory of man worship was anabstract projection that kept her ignorant of both Frank’s and Nathan’s