Quote Originally Posted by tyckspoon View Post
Slightly mind control, actually, and possibly more than that; Dabbler has a variety of spells for making people pay attention to her. Remember Sydney's introductory meeting with the higher-ups, when Dabbler first walked in and everybody is thinking "Remember, I'm not actually a lesbian" or variations on "Don't hit on her, can't hit on her, it would be immoral/unethical/against regulations"? That wasn't because Dabbler is just an attractive hot girl, she walks around with a spell for that. And IIRC she once told Sydney that her breasts are literally hypnotic, just as part of her Succubus nature.
The way I read it, they weren't trying to remind themselves of their sexuality. That would be absurd. They were trying to suppress thoughts that made them feel uncomfortable because they don't think of themselves in that way.