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Homosexuality - A Subjective and Objective Investigation (Hardcover)
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Homosexuality - A Subjective and Objective Investigation (Hardcover)
Series: Collected Works of Charles Berg
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First published in Britain in 1958, the original blurb read: 'To
those whose sex life is based on heterosexual relationships, the
homosexual is a grotesque, shadowy creature - a person spoken of
with scorn. If you are not one of us, it is impossible to realise
our feelings when this occurs. It is incredible to us that a
well-educated girl could make the following remark: "What do they
look like? I wonder if I've ever seen one?"' These words - written
by a lesbian and taken from one of the personal histories of
homosexual men and women which open this book - might be taken as
its theme. In our statistically minded age, we are apt to forget
that behind the word homosexual there is always a person.
Widespread misconceptions about homosexuality are particularly
startling when one considers the disturbing prevalence. The purpose
of this book is to bring into public light, the knowledge of the
manifestations of the problem, so that they may be openly examined.
The book is divided into two parts: Part One presents a collection
of revealing autobiographies, diaries, letters and intimate
observations in which the homosexuals speak for themselves. Part
Two offers an examination of the cause and cure of homosexuality by
important figures from all major schools of thought. It includes
contributions by Sigmund Freud, C. G. Jung, George W. Henry, Magnus
Hirschfield, Wilhelm Stekel and Sandor Ferenczi. In editing this
volume, Dr Berg has bridged a significant gap in the scientific
approach to sexual behaviour. By bringing to life the feelings,
fears, attitudes and anxieties of the human being behind the
statistics of homosexual incidence, as well as the causes, it
should become indispensable to the movement for intelligent sex
education. This book is a re-issue originally published in 1958.
The language used is a reflection of its era and no offence is
meant by the Publishers to any reader by this re-publication.
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