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I.W. H. Gillespie. Pp. 203-209.
II.Francis Pasche. Pp. 210-213.
III.Some Remarks on the Aetiology of Homosexuality. George H. Wiedeman. Pp. 214-216.
On Homosexuality and Gender Identity. Ralph R. Greenson. Pp. 217-219.
Gillespie reports good grounds for distinguishing three types of homosexuality: first, stemming from preoedipal traumas and oral fixations in keeping with Bergler's formulations; second, delineated by Freud and Sachs, representing a regressive defense against Oedipal conflicts (this fits the general theory of perversions); and third, based on brother rivalry (Freud). Prolonged analysis would probably reveal much overlapping of the forms and differences among them as to prognosis and response to treatment.
Pasche points out three characteristics that frequently appear in families of homosexuals: 1, the mother, whether domineering or submissive, does not acknowledge the authority of the father; 2, the father has been sensually tender to the son in early years, the relationship then being brutally terminated for educational reasons or from the father's removal or death; 3, the mother treats her son as a penis she does not have, must not lose, and cannot have from the father. The