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

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXindeed be so styled, they are physically and mentallyflabby, self-conscious, vain, fond of jewelry and adornment;these men have the inclinations of the prostituteand in some cases actually become male prostitutes. Butthey are not more typical of inversion than the femaleprostitute, actual or temperamental, is typical of womanhood.A large number of inverts, indeed, are unusuallyrefined, sensitive, or emotional, but the same may be saidof many slightly neurotic people who are not homosexual.Others, both men and women, are not obviously distinguishedby any special character which could reasonablyIt issuggest an abnormal direction of the sexual impulse.this fact which accounts for so many people believing thatthey have never come across an invert, while yet the proportionof inverts in the general population has by carefuland well-informed investigation been found so considerableas to be at least well over one per cent.It seems probable, as already pointed out, that the prevalenceof inversion varies but very slightly in differentcountries, though in certain special regions of SouthernEurope it is said to be considerable, perhaps owing to thespecial habits or traditions of the people. It is sometimessaid by people of various countries that sexual inversionis not so prevalent in their land as it is abroad. But theyspeak in ignorance of the real facts. The apparent variationsare merely superficial and mostly due to the socialand legal attitude towards inversion which prevails in acountry. This does not mean that it flourishes where thelaws are lenient, for the existence of harshly repressive lawsmay merely serve to arouse an enthusiastic propagandafor their abolition which calls attention to the prevalenceof inversion. Homosexuality isthe most prevalentof allthe sexual deviations, for though the erotic symbolisms,[240]