Homosexual Love

Chapter XLIII

Homosexual practices among the lower animals, p. .—Among various races of men, pp. –464.—Between women, p. sq.—The causes of homosexual practices, pp. –471.—Congenital sexual inversion, p. sq.—Absence of the other sex or lack of accessible women, p. sq.—Acquired inversion, pp. –470.—Homosexuality in ancient Greece partly due to the methods of training the youth, p. sq.—Partly due to the great gulf which mentally separated the sexes, p. sq.—Causes of pederasty in China and Morocco, p. .—Moral ideas concerning homosexual practices, pp. –489.—Among uncivilised peoples, pp. –475.—Among the ancient Peruvians, p. sq.—Among the ancient Mexicans, Mayas, and Chibchas, p. .—Among Muhammedans, p. sq.—Among the Hindus, p. .—In China, p. sq.—In Japan, p. .—Among the ancient Scandinavians, p. sq.—In ancient Greece, p. sq.—In Zoroastrianism, p. sq.—Among the ancient Hebrews, p. .—In early Christianity, p. sq.—In Pagan Rome, ibid.—In Christian Rome, p. .—European legislation regarding homosexual practices during the Middle Ages and later, p. sq.—Modern legislation on the subject, p. sq.—Moral ideas concerning it in present Europe, p. .—Why homosexual practices are frequently subject to censure, p. sq.—Criticism of Dr. Havelock Ellis’s suggestion as to the popular attitude towards homosexuality, pp. –486.—The excessive sinfulness attached to homosexual practices by Zoroastrianism, Hebrewism, and Christianity, due to the fact that such practices were intimately associated with unbelief, idolatry, or heresy, pp. –489.