Homosexuality

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This paper explains psychologist Sigmund Freud's Psychoanalytic Theory - that homosexuality is a result of a traumatic childhood experience, particularly that of a dominant mother's excessive attachment to her son. The paper discusses oedipal complexes and cross-sex-typed behavior.

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"A homosexual person is someone who is sexually attracted to members of the same sex, and most likely, has been so since childhood. Since sexual behavior is often influenced by society and personal values, engaging in homosexual activity is merely a mark, not a requirement, of a homosexual. In psychology, many theories focus on unconscious conflict due to childhood experiences, and those conflicts' role in shaping adult personality. The analytic technique concentrates on those experiences so that a person may explain behavior and heal those conflicts, thus becoming a healthier, more stable adult. One of the theories evolving from these premises, is that homosexuality is the result of "early developmental disturbance" (Isay 7)."

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