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May 6, marks the th anniversary of Freud’s birth. also marks the th anniversary of his publication, Psychogenesis of a Case of Homosexuality in a Woman, in which he lays out a theory about what “causes” homosexuality. Just for the document, still today, no one knows what “causes” either heterosexuality or homosexuality.

For much of the 20th century, the field of psychoanalysis was hostile to gay people, mostly characterizing them as mentally ill. Fortunately, in the last quarter-century, organizations like the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA), which I joined in , have become more “gay-friendly.” The organization's president even issued an apology to the LGBT community last year.

Yet, in attempts to find Freud’s support for contemporary, tolerant analytic attitudes, some portray him as a historic ally of gay people. In making this case, the field’s many years of anti-gay antipathy are treated as a deviation from Freud’s original attitude of acceptance. The reality, however, is more complicated.

To start, while Freud did not trust

In,Sigmund Freud penned a response to a mother who had asked him for help with her gay son. Despite the broader perceptions of homosexuality at the time, Freud took a different approach, telling the woman it's "nothing to be ashamed of."

"I gather from your letter that your son is a homosexual. I am most impressed by the fact that you do not mention this term for yourself in your information about him. May I question you why you avoid it?" he wrote. "Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation; it cannot be classified as an illness; we examine it to be a variation of the sexual function, produced by a certain arrest of sexual development. Many highly respectable individuals of ancient and modern times have been homosexuals, several of the greatest men among them."

While the this correspondence sheds light on his personal communications, it has long been known that Freud did not view homosexuality as a pathology. He believed everyone was born bisexual and later became either straight or gay because of the relationsh

Freud&#;s Effect on Christian View of Homosexuality and Its Implications

Sigmund Freud is a controversial figure. Beside his theories of the unconscious and Oedipus’s complex, many people don’t know that he played a huge role in how Christian perceived homosexuality in the s and s.

Recently, Obama announced his support for national ban on “gay conversion therapies”, but not a lot of Christians objected. Why is it worth mentioning? Because, in the s and s, lots of Christians advocated therapy to convert people into their straight sexual orientation. Why? Because they believed that homosexuality is more of a disease than a sin thanks to Freud. In the early s, Freud claimed that everyone was born bisexual. Thus, one’s childhood determined one’s sexuality, so he said. However, as time progressed, it is empirically proven that his theory is incorrect based on the amount of therapies attempting to transform one’s sexual orientation. On one hand, this explains why many Christians didn’t say anything when Obama announced the ban of these therapies. On the other hand, this also speaks

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December 3 is the th anniversary of Anna Freud's birth. She was a profoundly influential noun psychoanalyst. Still, her main claim to fame was as Sigmund Freud's daughter. What most people don't know about Anna Freud is that it may have been particularly tough for her to be Sigmund's favorite child. How and why was that the case?

  1. Sigmund believed that homosexuality in men is neurotic but not particularly problematic. Lesbianism, however, he considered a gateway to mental illness.
  2. This (according to Sigmund) is because only men have moral sense. We all evolve from apes, so no human is born with it. But boys acquire morality through the castration complex—the fear that their fathers will emasculate them for their misbehavior.
  3. Having nothing obvious to neuter, girls and women are essentially amoral, lying and conniving to get what they wish. Girls must be guided through civilized life by a father, and a woman by a husband. And because they select not to marry, lesbians remain loose can