The woman may become overtly homosexual and some late episodes indicate that her resistance to the homosexual longings may yet be overcome. In this case the traumatic incident which turned her against all men did not occur during early childhood. It is a great error to assume that traumas of late occurrence lose their pathogenic rôle. There are periods in our life when we are impervious to traumas. But there are also times during which we are hypersensitive to any influences which play upon us. Every decennium of our life has its crises and morbid periods during which we show a peculiar sensitiveness. V Resistance of Homosexuals against Cure and their Pride in their Condition—Acquired vs. Inherited—Insanity and Alcoholism betray the Inner Man—Three Cases by Colla illustrating Behavior during Alcoholic Intoxication—Observations of Numa Praetorius—The case of Hugo Deutsch—Views of Juliusburger—Two Personal Observations—A case by Moll—Views of Fleischmann and Naecke—A Personal Observation—Bloch on Woman Haters. _Die Kranken sind die grösste Gefahr für die Gesunden; nicht von den Stärksten kommt das Unheil für die Starken, sondern von den Schwächsten._ _Nietzsche._ V _The sick are the greatest danger to the healthy; the mischief done to the strong comes not from the stronger, but from the weakest._ _Nietzsche._ Experience in the course of psychoanalysis has shown us that the recollections as told by the subjects are partial and incomplete. The repressed memories and all those images which the subjects are unwilling at first to see come to surface only after weeks of analysis. Then the subjects are astonished to discover that they did not really know themselves. The solution of our problem appears to depend on the successful analysis of a large number of homosexuals. Meanwhile there are a number of striking facts which every psychoanalyst can verify and which those who uphold the theory that homosexuality is inborn look upon as proof of their contention that homosexuality is truly hereditary: most homosexuals are apparently well satisfied with their condition and do not particularly care to be cured of it. They call on the analyst only after they come into conflict with the law or if they fear such a conflict. They do not want to have heterosexual feelings, they are proud of their condition and they always insist that social ostracism alone is what makes their status an unhappy one. They belong to those remarkable persons who refuse to appreciate their plight. Hence the customary statement: since I began homosexual relations I am happy. I desire nothing else! Only a small number retain any desire for “wife and child” and for normal relations, but even those fear it as much as the “manly hero,” proud of his homosexuality.