Heterosexual Aversion in Homosexual Males A Second Experiment

Abstract

A substantial part of Freud's (1925, orig. 1905; 1926, orig. 1922) theorizing on the causes of male homosexuality was the assumption of a fear of the female genitals, and according to Radó (1969) “fear of the genitals of the opposite sex is the basic dynamic of the individual who wants a sexual relationship with a member of the same sex”. Radó's stress on the phobic component in the causation of male homosexuality is shared by many theorists and practising clinicians.