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

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXunion. But a marriage of this kind is often unstable; thereis a prospect of separation or of alienation of the partners,so that the risks of an unsatisfactory home life for thechild are considerable.Much the best result seems to be attained for thecongenital invert, as modern society isconstituted, when,while retaining his own ideals, or inner instincts, he re-to become normal andsolves to forego alike the attemptthe attempt to secure the grosser gratificationof his abnormaldesires, even though finding occasional auto-eroticnot rarerelief inevitable, however unsatisfactory. This isin persons of fine character. One such, who had somehomosexual experiencesbefore the age of nineteen butnot since, writes: "Occasionally I go for several monthswithout masturbating and find that when I do this mymind seems more self-satisfied though I develop a moreuncontrolled desire for masculine love, and my best menfriends would be surprised to know that I am a sentimentalistin regard to them. Only to myself do I appearnormal. I believewhat I am. To my friends I am sexuallythat there is nothing about me to suggest to the most discriminatingobserver that I have a passion so generallyassociated with degenerates. I do not feel a degenerate.I have never felt ashamed of my desires, though I wouldbe ashamed for people to know, as then I would losecaste."Another man, who has never had any homosexual relations,a naval officer living an active life, has found considerablesatisfaction in non-sexual friendships. He writes:"I am not in any way effeminate and by my own choice Ihave led a hard and often dangerous life. My desire forthe companionship of men who have a sexual attractionfor me is very great and the happiest days of my life havebeen spent in the companionship of such. My desires are