Psychology of sex - Total No. of Records in System :: 2032

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXaverage in intellect and character, even when we putaside many notable monarchs, statesmen, poets, sculptors,painters, composers, scholars, etc., both past and present.That isperhaps a reason why they are not easily recog-have never seennized. Many physicians believe that theyan invert; even so experienced an alienist as Sir GeorgeSavage once stated that he scarcely ever met with inversion.The experience of another distinguished alienist isinstructive. Nacke at one time, never having to his knowledgemet an invert, wrote to Hirschfeld, whose experiencein this field is wider than that of any other physician,asking for an invert to be sent to his house. Great wasNacke's surprise when the visitor proved to be a man hewas already well acquainted with, a near connection ofhis own by marriage. It isnot usually until some circumstancehas opened our eyes that we beginto discover thatin every social environment inverts are to be found. It is,however, only those of the lowest, most degenerate, andsometimes mercenary class who are willing to betray theirpeculiarity. The suicides and mysterious disappearanceswhich occur from time to time among highly placed persons,often of great ability, are frequently connected witheven after their fate has overtaken them,inversion, thoughthe cause of it often remains a mystery to the generalpublic. These persons have probably never confided in aphysician. They realize that it would be futile, that theaverage physician is quite unprepared to deal with theircase, if, indeed, he would not be shocked or disgusted.A physician, a man of high character and intelligence.,who is himself a congenital invert, though his moral traditionshave not allowed him to seek the satisfaction of hisimpulses, writes as follows regarding his education at aworld-renowned medical center: "The first reference bearingdefinitely on the subject of sexual perversion was[238]