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

PSYCHOLOGY OF SEXwork for the benefit of the young of their own sex, andfound joy and satisfaction in the task.A man of Quaker antecedents, belonging to a familyincluding many members displaying both nervous tendenciesand distinguished mental ability which he himselfshares, has homosexual impulses to which he has neveryielded except in a very slight degree, and is married,although his heterosexual impulses are not strong. Hewrites: "The bisexual seems to love all mankind instead ofonly one person; perhapsit is a noble and more usefulkind of devotion. To reproduce one's life through scientificpapers of originality seems more useful to-day than toadd to the spawning which one sees on every hand." Notinfrequently the homosexual tendency passes into a religiousrather than a scientific channel. A correspondent,who has much studied Dante and regards himself as bisexualin tendency, writes: "I think a close correlationexists between sex and religion. The inverts I know well(four males)are all devout believers. I am myself a serverin the Church of England. On my personal theory theessence of love is unselfish devotion, and I believe thatservice is the only key to genuine happiness. Invert or no,one must refuse admission to some thoughts, howeverloudly they knock. I can see a wealth of beauty in bothboys and girls, but I utilize the inspiration in my religionand daily work, and try not to be unduly sentimental. Ihave passed the stormiest point in my psychic development.Perhaps one day I shall meet the right girl and havethe joy of being myself the father of boys."It istrue that these motives only appeal to the superiorsuch form a considerableinvert. But, itmay be repeated,to feel atproportion of the whole group. They are aptfirstare homeless wanderers in a universe thatthat theywas not made for them. It is worth while by increasing[254]