Homosexuality: Its Nature and Causes

Abstract

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Definitions -- 2. A Theoretical Approach -- I: Homosexuality in Various Communities -- 1. Primitive Peoples -- 2. Historical Times -- 3. Animal Behaviour -- II: The Incidence of Homosexuality Today -- III: Homosexual Types -- 1. Physical Features -- 2. Identifying Psychological Characteristics -- 3. Reactions to Being A Homosexual -- 4. Masculine-Feminine : Active-Passive -- 5. Trans-Sexualism and 'Change of Sex' -- 6. Lesbian Types -- IV: Some Legal Problems -- 1. The Letter of The Law -- 2. Enforcing the Law -- 3. Civil Disabilities -- 4. Ethical and Religious Issues -- V: Some Social Problems -- 1. Intolerance and Its Effects -- 2. Homosexual Society -- 3. Child Molestation -- 4. Seduction of Youths -- 5. Imprisonment and Its Effects -- 6. Male Prostitution -- 7. Venereal Diseases -- VI: Two Typical Cases -- VII: Glands and Heredity -- 1. The Physical Basis of Sex -- 2. Sex Performance, Desire and Preference -- 3. The Hormonal Contribution to Lust and Deviance -- 4. A Biological Anomaly? -- 5. An Inherited Factor -- VIII: The Psycho-Analytic Approach: An Introduction -- IX: Some Psychological Factors -- 1. Searching for Explanations -- 2. Parental Behaviour -- 3. Development of Sex Roles -- 4. More Psychological Interpretations -- 5. Explanations of Lesbianism -- 6. Bisexuality -- X: The Odd, The Mad and The Violent -- 1. Covert, Latent and Repressed Homosexuals -- 2. Homosexuality and Paranoid Schizophrenia -- 3. Sexual Violence -- XI: Treatment for The Individual -- 1. Prospects of Cure -- 2. Deciding The Aims of Treatment -- 3. Techniques of Treatment -- 4. Behaviour Therapy -- XII: Conclusions -- 1. Causes -- 2. Prevention by Tolerance? -- References -- Index