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Since 1976, Friedman has been a proponent of viewing exclusive homosexuality as one type of sexual object choice. In a 1976 paper,1 he gave the impression that he questioned the role of psychodynamics in determining sexual object choice. His views were in keeping with the position held by those who eliminated homosexuality from the psychiatric nomenclature.
The 1976 paper contained the seeds of the ideas expressed in the current volume. In this book, Friedman devotes himself to an exegesis of biological considerations—plasma hormone levels, neuroendocrine