Freud's Conception Of Homosexuality

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In Sigmund Freud's writings, he was rather ambiguous if inversion was pathological. He does state that inversion was natural and innate; thus not pathological, but contradicts himself by suggesting sexual acts without copulation are sexual perversions; which are pathological. Although he does try to overturn the societal concept of perversion by reintroducing the concepts of sexual objects and aims, it fails to provide a clear separation of homosexuality (inversion) as being pathological or not. However, we can derive to a conclusion by analyzing two distinct topics which Freud brings about in his work “Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality”. The first is the conception of inversion and the second, human being's innate sexuality. According …show more content…

This is linked to his Seduction Theory where certain memories are repressed causing individuals to behave as they are. This would suggest that there is some form of pathology, since there is memory repression. He does not address this steer and derivation from the norm, but argues that we innately posses both sexuality. Where the dominant sexuality would be driven by experiences and societal influence, where motivation for heterosexuality is adopted. Those who exhibit bisexuality openly are those who are not suppressing any of their sexual tendencies. This argument would will hold true for individuals who are completely normal but exhibit inverse …show more content…

Instead he suggests a distinction between sexual objects and sexual aim. “A disposition to perversions is an original and universal disposition of the human sexual instinct and that this postulated constitution, containing the germs of all perversions, will only be demonstrated in children.” This would point that we are all innately perverse, from the moment we are born, as we desire to identify our sexual objects; like a child suckling breast, and sexual aim; it produces pleasure. This is one example of infantile sexuality which gradually emerge through psychosexual development in adults. “No one who has seen a baby sinking back satiated from the breast and falling asleep with flushed cheeks and a blissful smile can escape the reflection that this picture persists as a prototype of the expression of sexual satisfaction in later

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