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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.

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The development of Sexuality—The Bisexual Ideal of all persons—The fundamental Law of Sexuality—The role of homosexuality in Neurosis—Womanly men and mannish women—Gerontophilia—Love of Prostitutes—The significance of Sexual symbols—Various masks of Homosexuality—Transvestites—A case of Transvestitism—The significance of the hose as a Symbol—Love at first sight—The critical age—The pleasure Seeker—The case of a man passing through the critical age—Neurotic types of homosexuality—The Don Juan type—Psychoanalysis of a Don Juan—Passionate falling in love during advanced age, significant—Analysis of a Don Juan.

Das Christentum gab dem Eros Gift zu trinken:—er starb zwar nicht daran, aber er entartete zum Laster.—Nietzsche.