Jonathan Goldberg's rhetoric in his commentary on Edwin Wood's description of the development of his thinking as a psychoanalyst about homosexuality seemed sophistic. Goldberg seems to denigrate what has changed in Wood's thinking, but it was also unclear to me what Goldberg does want a psychoanalyst to think about homosexuality. Rather than seeking common understanding and clarification of their disagreements, Goldberg seems determined to force a reading of Wood that not only emphasizes but creates disagreement. He acknowledges that Wood describes a considerable change in his thinking over the years but then disparages the