As a great sin and “unnatural” act, it is plain that homosexuality was out of question in these cases. Religion acts here as protection and outlet at the same time. But it is also clear that under an other educational régime these men would have found open to them two paths neither of which they were able to choose under the existing inhibitions.
The woman may become overtly homosexual and some late episodes indicate that her resistance to the homosexual longings may yet be overcome. In this case the traumatic incident which turned her against all men did not occur during early childhood. It is a great error to assume that traumas of late occurrence lose their pathogenic rôle.
There are periods in our life when we are impervious to traumas. But there are also times during which we are hypersensitive to any influences which play upon us. Every decennium of our life has its crises and morbid periods during which we show a peculiar sensitiveness.
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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 Praetorius—The case of Hugo Deutsch—Views of Juliusburger—Two Personal Observations—A case by Moll—Views of Fleischmann and Naecke—A Personal Observation—Bloch on Woman Haters.
Die Kranken sind die grösste Gefahr für die Gesunden; nicht von den Stärksten kommt das Unheil für die Starken, sondern von den Schwächsten.
Nietzsche.
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The sick are the greatest danger to the healthy; the mischief done to the strong comes not from the stronger, but from the weakest.
Nietzsche.