The Structure of Homosexuality

Abstract

Based upon a critical review of the literature and upon the main body of psychoanalytic theory in regard to homosexuality, the following hypotheses were derived: 1) Differences in the structure of personality, as revealed by the Rorschach technique, exist among the active-vs.-passive and fellatio-vs.-sodomy dimensions of homosexuality; 2) differences in the number and kinds of homosexual signs are a function not only of the presence or absence of homosexuality but also the sub-grouping within the category of homosexuality; 3) the homosexual group will not employ a more primitive ego adaptation or show more primary process than the normals; 4) the homosexual group is not more creative as manifest by Klopfer's scheme for evaluating creative potentials; and 5) the nature of the anxiety defended against varies with the variety of behavioral expression of homosexuality. All of the hypotheses were supported by the statistical tests except number 5 and that part of hypothesis 2 which states that the kinds of signs recorded will be a function of the subgroup to which S belongs.

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