Homo-sexual lifeFielding, William J. (William John)
Science
Homo-sexual life
Fielding, William J. (William John)
Homosexuality; Sex (Psychology)
As Dr. Moll, the well known German authority, has pointed out, the
extreme characteristics do not by any means show themselves in all
urnings. Though one may find this or that indication in a great many
cases, yet it cannot be denied that a very large percentage of the
males, perhaps by far the majority of them, do not exhibit pronounced
effeminacy.
Considering the more “normal” type of Uranian male, it is not unusual
to find a man who, while possessing thoroughly masculine powers of mind
and physique, combines with them the more emotional soul nature of the
woman. Sometimes this is present in a notable degree.
Such men are often muscular and well built, and not noticeably
different in external structure and bodily carriage from others of
their own sex. Emotionally, however, they are extremely complex,
sensitive, tender, sympathetic and loving--and, as has been said, “full
of storm and stress, of ferment and fluctuation of the heart.”
While the logical faculty may or may not, in their case, be well
developed, intuition is always strongly in evidence. Like a woman they
read characters at a glance, and know, without knowing how, what is
transpiring in the mental processes of others. Naturally, men of this
kind have a peculiar aptitude for nursing and administering to the
needs of people. A Swiss writer on this subject has expressed himself
thus: “Happy, indeed, is that man who has won a real Urning for his
friend--he walks on roses, without ever having to fear the thorns.” And
he added: “Can there ever be a more perfect sick nurse than an Urning?”
The invert has a strongly developed artist nature, with the artist’s
perception and sensibility. De Joux, who writes on the whole
favorably of the Uranian men and women, says of the former: “They are
enthusiastic for poetry and music, are often eminently skilful in the
fine arts, and are overcome with emotion and sympathy at the least
occurrence. Their sensitiveness, their endless tenderness for children,
their love of flowers, their great pity for beggars and crippled folk
are truly womanly.” In another passage, he indicates the organic base
of the artist nature in the following words: “The nerve system of many
an Urning is the finest and the most complicated musical instrument in
the service of the interior personality that can be imagined.”
It does not appear justified to assume that men of this kind despise
women, the general belief to the contrary notwithstanding. In previous
chapters, we have read the evidence of the psychiatrist, who testified
to this alleged antagonistic sentiment. But after all, the psychiatrist
and neurologist get the sick and pathologic cases, and rarely the
better kind, so while the opinions of these specialists have great
value as supplementary evidence in the consideration of homosexuality,
they should not be accepted without reservation or such modification as
may be necessary in the light of fuller knowledge of the subject.
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