son as phallus, 141, 158, 162 n., 191
and transsexualism, 141-2, 145-6, 148-9, 158-61 multiple identification, 94 n. multiple personality, 164-5 murder, sexual, 9, 56, 94 n., 120 mystery, in perversion, 96-100 abolishing of, 103-4 in sexual looking, 108, 110
“natural experiments,” 16, 47 necrophilia, 8, 9, 36, 55, 59 neuroses, 33, loin.-ioan., 106 n., 163, 197
nomenclature, problems of, 197-8
nonmental “memory,” 147 normality, xvii, 5, 110-12, 208-9 nymphomania, 126. See also promiscuity, compulsive
object relations theory. See social learning theory
oedipal conflict, xvii, 4, 5, 14, 18,
a*-7.35-9*-97. ,,7. >56-7. 215-17. also mother-son symbiosis
boys and girls, 22-4, 35, 98-9 cross-cultural studies, 24-5
and genital maturity, 32 heterosexuality, development of, 22, 23-4
masculinity, development of, '43
preoedipal wishes, 93, 94 and symbiosis anxiety, 155 of transsexual males, 143 oral phase, 32, 145 organ vulnerability, 128 n. orgasm, 107 ditoral vs. vaginal, 30 and fetishism, 120
paranoia, and homosexuality, >44
parent-child relationships, 1920, 215-16. See also family influence; mother-son symbiosis; oedipal conflict castration of parents, 12 in.-i22n.
and gender identity, 24-7 and homosexuality, 201 and transsexualism, 49 and transvestism, 77-8 pedophilia, 9, 36, 55, 196 penis;
and kleptomania, 164 primacy of, 14, 27-31 in transvestite fantasies, 80-2, 82 n„ 152-3
women's imagined possession of, 179, 181. 186, 191 in women's pornography, 91 penis envy, 15, 23-4, 28, 144, 158
perversion: See also aberrant sexual behavior; fantasy; hostility
“accidental” factors, 93 and boredom, 7, 9, 107-8, 114, 115-16 connotations of, ix, xi desire in, 54-5 desperation in, 104 and n. vs. deviancy, 42-3 diagnosis of, 9-11
as erotic neurosis, 101-3, 119, 163
as gender disorder, 99 incidence, ix-x
vs. individual rights, 212, *,3-,4
intimacy techniques, 134, 212, *>5
male predominance in, g,
98-9. tag
and moral responsibility, ix, 54-5, 94-6, 164-5. mystery in, 96-110 necessity of, 215-19 and nongenital organs, 87 vs. normality, xvii, 5, 110-12,
208-9
object relationship in, 111 orgasm in, 107 repetition in, 6-7, 9, 79, 164 revenge motive, 64-5, 74 risk-taking, 4, 7-8, 80, 107, 114-23, 208
separation process in, 150, 152-4. 161-2
sexual differences, denial of, '03-4
as sin, x-xi, 165, 207-14 and social issues, ix-xi, 195-6, 216
and species survival, 217-18 symbolism in, 181, 186 perversion mechanism, 110-12 phallic phase, 24, 32, 100-1 phallic women, 66, 75, 77-8, 80-2, 103, 104
pleasure, pleasure principle, 8-9, •3- 33. lo3~4* lo4 106 n. Polanyi, M., 211
pornography, 63-91, 203, 214, 218
anxiety, solutions to, 86-7 bestiality, 51
boredom. 116 and n., 133 and dehumanization, 133 as diagnostic tool, 66, 83 fantasy in. 63, 65, 74, 78-81,
guilt-reducing devices, 70 historical reality in, 65, 66, 71, 74-7
hostility in, 86, 88-89, 91 idealization in, 133 for male heterosexuals, 86, 87-8
and masturbation, 52 sadism in, 79, 84, 86 sexual excitement in, 70 and n. specific audiences, 63-4, 836
victim in, 64, 65, 78-9, 80-1, 87-8
for women, 89-91 prenatal development, 16-17, 46-7
preoedipal period, 93-4. See also mother-son symbiosis promiscuity: compulsive, 8, 134, 203 hostility in, 57 vs. Victorian morality, 56-7 prostitution, 8, 52, 123-7, 133, 203
boredom in, 107-8 homosexual, 123-7 hostility, 124-5 money, function of, 124-5 passivity in, 123-5 potency, impotency, 124 psychic energy, 19, 31-2 psychoanalytic theory, xii, xvi-xvii, 82*1.-8311., 211-12 of perversion, 4-5 and sex research, 43-4 psychoses, 132, 149, 197, 198 psychosomatic disorders, 87
Racker, H., 147
rape, 8, 9, 36, 56, 116*1., 120,
134. *63. 166-7
revenge fantasy, 4,6, 7,64-5, 74, 106, 114, 119-20, 122. 134, 208-9
in homosexuality, 201 in prostitution, 124-5 in transvestism, 78-9
risk-taking, 4, 7-8, 80, 107, 11423, 208
conscious vs. unconscious,
114. 117 forms of, 120-2 hostility in, 121 and n., 122 and n.
and oedipal conflict, 117
Sachs, H., 101 n. sadism, 9, 94 n., 134 anxiety in, 106 n. fantasy in, 59 hostility in, 56-7 in masochism, 58-9 physical punishments, 56 in pornography, 65, 79, 84, 86
and sexual looking, 98 and voyeurism, 108-9, 1G9 n-sadomasochism, 90 and n., 109 n., 117 n.
Saloml, Lou Andreas-, 156-7 satyriasis, 126 scapegoating, xi, 216 schizophrenia, 10, 115 n., 198 Schmideberg, M., 163 n. scientific method, 197-8, 202-3 Schreber case (Freud), 144-5 scopophilia. See voyeurism seduction, 134
sex differentiation, in prenatal development, 1&-17 sex research, xiii-xiv, 12-45, 54-5
clinical method in, 44-5 vs. conflict theory, 36-7 gender identity, 16-17 homosexuality, 17-18 and psychoanalytic theory, 43-4
sexual behavior. See perversion; aberrant sexual behavior; variants
sexual excitement, 6, 70 and n., 207-11
and anatomic differences, 98, 99-100
anxiety in, 105 and castration, 117-18 in childhood, 7, 98-100, 118 as controlled ambiguity, 117 dehumanization in, 208,
209-11
dynamics of, 208 hostility in, 88-9, 207-11 sexual freedom, 209, 210-14 vs. repression, 213-14 vs. restraint, 211-14. 218 n. sexual looking, 97-9. 108, 110 sexuality;
Freud’s theory of, 12-37. lo® n., 119, 144, 212 mystification of, 96-1 to sin, sinfulness, x-xi, 165, 207‘4
defined, 207 origins of, 209 Smirnoff, V. N., 58 Socarides, C. W., 109, 199 social issues, ix-xi, 195-6. See also sin, sinfulness; sexual freedom
conservatism, 211-13 moral repression, 207-8 social learning theory, 37, 39-41,
146-7
and libido development, 31-3 splitting. See ego splitting statistics, and sexual behavior, 37. 4»~*
Straus, E., 8, 102 n. symbiosis anxiety, 135-62, 148, 149-5*- ,54“6
and homosexuality, 155-6, 156 n.
mother’s hostility in, 159-60 in women, 149 n. symptom formation, 101, 102 n. syndrome classification system, 206
telephone obscenity, 56, 122-3 transference, 132 n., 147 transsexualism (male), 49, 13843> 145-62 passim
atraumatic pressures, 160-1 and brain disorders, 48 etiology, 141-3, 145-6, 148-9 vs. female transsexuals, 161 genitalia, 140
mother-son symbiosis in, 141— 2, 145-6, 148-9, 158
61
transvestism (male): and castration anxiety, 73 and n.. 77, 78-9, 80 heterosexuality in, 74, 81-2 humiliation in, 64, 66-70, 72 latency period, 72, 77 masculinity in, 80-1, 152,
»55
masturbation fantasies, 80-1 penis potency in, 80-2, 82 n., •5*-3
in pornography, 63-4, 66-71, 74-86
and revenge fantasies, 78-9 as self-realization, 78 split identification in, 81-2 symbolism of clothes, 81-2, 82 n.
wife’s role, 76-7, 123, 133 trauma and triumph, 4, 6-7, 20, 33-4* 59> >01, 106-7, ,,8~
•9- *53-4- ao9* and cross-dressing, 72-3, 76-7. 78
in exhibitionism, 130 in prostitution, 126-7 repetition need, 6-7, 9 reversal of, 104-5 target of, 105 in transvestism, 72, 76-81 undoing of trauma, 8-9 "true self, false self’ (Winnicott), 95
Turner’s syndrome, 16
undoing, of early trauma, 132-4, 142, 152
vagina, 28. 35
vaginal orgasm, 23, 30, 35 Valenstein, E. S., 6 n. Vanggaard, T., 50 variants, ix, xi, 46-53, 110, 111 cultural, 49-51 defined, 3, 6
genetic, constitutional, 47-8 fault dt mitux, 51-2 hermaphrodites, 48 voyeurism, 9, 56,65,90-1, 96-9, 100, 134. See also sexual looking; exhibitionism childhood roots, 108 and sadism, 108-9, >°9 n