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

HOMOSEXUALITYin the dark or with illusory hopes. The conjugal partnershould not be too young, and should be accurately informedbeforehand as to the precise condition of affairs(most bisexual persons are predominantly homosexual) ,cannot experience with a person of the opposite sex thatintimate unreserve and emotional extravagance which areof the essence of sexual love, and though potency isand the probable prospects. Unions so formed sometimesprove tolerable and even happy, should the couple be congenialto each other. But it must always be rememberedthat the chances of complete sexual satisfaction on eitherside are small. The invert, unless genuinely bisexualpossibleitmay only be secured by imagining that the partneris of the same sex or even by concentrating the thoughtson some attractive individual of the same sex. This state ofthings fails to give great satisfaction to the inverted partner,while the other partner, even if not clearly consciousof the imperfect character of the relationship, instinctivelyfeels some degree of dissatisfaction and depression, if notrepulsion. A union of this kind is often more happy whenthe attempt to secure sexual satisfaction is excluded, andthe relationshipis based on the satisfaction of other interestscommon to both partners.Whether offspring should be one of these interests isserious question which it is not always easy to decide resolutelyin the negative. Certainly it may be laid down as ageneral rule that it is not desirable a person constitutionallypredisposed to homosexuality should procreate. When,however, the inverted partneris otherwise healthy, andbelongs to a fairly sound family, and the other partnerisentirely sound and normal, there is a reasonable hopethat the children may turn out fairly well. Children areafrequently desired by the invert; they also form a consolationfor the other partner and may serve to consolidate the