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The Homosexual Matrix
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First published January 1, 1975
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A PSYCHOLGIST DRAWS A PICTURE OF THE "SOCIAL MATRIX"
Psychologist and psychotherapist C.A. Tripp wrote in the Preface to this 1975 book, "Homosexuality would certainly be an easier subject to describe and to analyze if it were confined to the people who practice it. But it is more than a brand of behavior that can be viewed at the level of choice or of some personal imperative... it has extensive biological and sociological implications. And it has a whole history of consequences in religion, philosophy, and science. To trace these roots and to follow its repercussions through this maze---in short, to draw a picture not only of homosexuality but of its social matrix---has been the aim of this study from the start."
He notes that "inversion in various forms is extremely prevalent in religion... In these, the god is never conventionally heterosexual. He may be hermaphroditic, or fat enough to look pregnant, or dress in womanly robes. Usually he is a bachelor god who has no truck with women except for an occasional Immaculate Conception." (Pg. 25)
Of early psychoanalytic interpretations of homosexuality, he says, "By viewing homosexuality as a result of a damaged or blocked heterosexuality... the whole thrust of the inquiry became focused on the real or imagined negations in a person's life. It was a pointless effort at best, since all sexual attractions are based on positive motives... Once the whole question of homosexuality is properly raised in terms of its own motivations, one at least has a chance to pursue its very considerable variations." (Pg. 74)
He suggests, "no single element in homosexuality, no one original influence, is by itself likely to be definitive. The final existence of any sexual orientation depends upon the extent to which its various parts have reinforced each other in producing a structure, a system of values, a pattern of responses." (Pg. 85-86)
He states, "homosexual promiscuity is relatively prevalent. Indeed, the variety of sex the heterosexual male usually longs for in fantasy is frequently realized in practice by the homosexual." (Pg. 143) Later, he adds, "There are no known `cures' for homosexuality, nor are any likely, since the phenomena which comprise it are not illnesses in the first place." (Pg. 236)
This book was a significant one in the development of psychological/psychoanalytic interpretations of homosexuality, and is of continuing interest to anyone studying the matter.
Psychologist and psychotherapist C.A. Tripp wrote in the Preface to this 1975 book, "Homosexuality would certainly be an easier subject to describe and to analyze if it were confined to the people who practice it. But it is more than a brand of behavior that can be viewed at the level of choice or of some personal imperative... it has extensive biological and sociological implications. And it has a whole history of consequences in religion, philosophy, and science. To trace these roots and to follow its repercussions through this maze---in short, to draw a picture not only of homosexuality but of its social matrix---has been the aim of this study from the start."
He notes that "inversion in various forms is extremely prevalent in religion... In these, the god is never conventionally heterosexual. He may be hermaphroditic, or fat enough to look pregnant, or dress in womanly robes. Usually he is a bachelor god who has no truck with women except for an occasional Immaculate Conception." (Pg. 25)
Of early psychoanalytic interpretations of homosexuality, he says, "By viewing homosexuality as a result of a damaged or blocked heterosexuality... the whole thrust of the inquiry became focused on the real or imagined negations in a person's life. It was a pointless effort at best, since all sexual attractions are based on positive motives... Once the whole question of homosexuality is properly raised in terms of its own motivations, one at least has a chance to pursue its very considerable variations." (Pg. 74)
He suggests, "no single element in homosexuality, no one original influence, is by itself likely to be definitive. The final existence of any sexual orientation depends upon the extent to which its various parts have reinforced each other in producing a structure, a system of values, a pattern of responses." (Pg. 85-86)
He states, "homosexual promiscuity is relatively prevalent. Indeed, the variety of sex the heterosexual male usually longs for in fantasy is frequently realized in practice by the homosexual." (Pg. 143) Later, he adds, "There are no known `cures' for homosexuality, nor are any likely, since the phenomena which comprise it are not illnesses in the first place." (Pg. 236)
This book was a significant one in the development of psychological/psychoanalytic interpretations of homosexuality, and is of continuing interest to anyone studying the matter.
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September 15, 2010One of those life changing books. One of the chapter titles is "The origin of heterosexuality." Well, why not?
Not alwasy an easy read, but keep going, it's worth it. (This comment refers to the first edition.)
Not alwasy an easy read, but keep going, it's worth it. (This comment refers to the first edition.)
February 21, 2010
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first signet printing paperback 1976 of hardcover c1975
pretty good condition for an old paperback
first signet printing paperback 1976 of hardcover c1975
pretty good condition for an old paperback
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