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Bi-sexual love; the homosexual neurosis

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A clinical psychoanalytic study of same-sex attraction and related sexual neuroses that combines detailed case histories with theoretical analysis. It examines bisexual tendencies, developmental and family influences, autoerotic phenomena, and the relationship between neurosis and sexual behavior, reviews contemporary theories and diagnostic criteria, and considers psychogenetic explanations and therapeutic implications. The account emphasizes clinical observation and empirical detail while situating individual cases within broader psychoanalytic frameworks.

I

Krafft-Ebing considers Onanism the Cause of Homosexuality—Confusion of Cause and Effect—The Views of Krafft-Ebing—The Views of Moll—of Havelock Ellis—of Bloch—of Magnus Hirschfeld—How is the Diagnosis established?—The fundamental Bisexuality of all Persons—Relation of Neurosis and Homosexuality—The Family of the Homosexual—The Views of Bloch on the Problem—The Influence of the Psyche on the Organism—Wish as active Factor of the Psyche—My theory—The Theories of Kiernan, Chevalier and Lombroso—The Neurotic as a retrograded type—Early awakening of sexuality.

Leben—ist das nicht gerade ein Andersseinwollen, als die Natur ist?—Nietzsche.