Sentence:  We find analogous phenomena in this Medical <WSD>sexualism</WSD>. Our readers cannot but have been struck with the sentiments of " One Cognisant of the Facts ” in defence of a daughter being taught to pass the catheter for her own father. ...Grant the principle that all the natural instincts of humanity in its higher social development may be set aside, provided the object be good in the eyes of the sexualist, and any immorality may be— indeed is —clothed with a mantle of purity. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The belief that one set of sexual behaviors is intrinsically superior to another set of sexual behaviors, or prejudice and discrimination based on that belief.