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| [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 | 11 |
| [II] | The development of sexuality—-the bisexual ideal
of all persons—The fundamental law of sexuality—The
rôle 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 Transvestism—The significance
of the hose as a symbol—Love at first sight—The
critical age—The pleasure seeker—The
case of a man passive 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 | 53 |
| [III] | Diagnosis of Satyriasis—Priapism—A case of Satyriasis—A
second case of Satyriasis—A case of
nymphomania—Proof that the cravings represented
by this condition are traceable to the ungratified
homosexual instinct | 129 |
| [IV] | Description of Don Juan types who are satisfied
with conquest and forego physical possession—An
unlucky hero, whose love adventures are interfered
with by gastric derangements—A would-be
Messalina who hesitates on account of vomiting
spells—Influence of religion on neurosis | 175 |
| [V] | Resistance of homosexuals against cure and their
pride in their condition—Acquired vs. inherited—Insanity
and alcoholism betray the inner man—Three
cases by Colla illustrating behavior during
alcoholic intoxication—Observations of Numa
Prætonis—The case of Hugo Deutsch—Views of
Juliusburger—Two personal observations—A case
of Moll—Views of Fleischmann and Naecke—A
personal observation—Bloch on woman haters | 241 |
| [VI] | May disgust produce the homosexual attitude?
Cases by Krafft-Ebing, Fleischmann, Ziemcke—Observation
(personal) and case by Bloch—Late
trauma as cause of homosexuality—Personal
observation of a case of late homosexuality—Two
cases by Bloch—Further discussion of the
problem—A case of Pfister’s with the analysis
of several dreams | 279 |
| [VII] | Erotism and sexuality—The motive power of unfulfilled
wishes—The male protest—The relations
of the homosexual to his mother—Hirschfeld’s
schematic outline—Infantile impressions—Influence
of the stronger parent—Letter of an
expert | 331 |
| [Index] | | 353 |