Volume 2 — CHAPTER XLIII HOMOSEXUAL LOVE
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CHAPTER XLIII
Homosexual practices among the lower animals, p. 456.—Among various races of men, pp. 456–464.—Between women, p. 464 sq.—The causes of homosexual practices, pp. 465–471.—Congenital sexual inversion, p. 465 sq.—Absence of the other sex or lack of accessible women, p. 466 sq.—Acquired inversion, pp. 467–470.—Homosexuality in ancient Greece partly due to the methods of training the youth, p. 469 sq.—Partly due to the great gulf which mentally separated the sexes, p. 470 sq.—Causes of pederasty in China and Morocco, p. 471.—Moral ideas concerning homosexual practices, pp. 471–489.—Among uncivilised peoples, pp. 471–475.—Among the ancient Peruvians, p. 473 sq.—Among the ancient Mexicans, Mayas, and Chibchas, p. 474.—Among Muhammedans, p. 475 sq.—Among the Hindus, p. 476.—In China, p. 476 sq.—In Japan, p. 477.—Among the ancient Scandinavians, p. 477 sq.—In ancient Greece, p. 478 sq.—In Zoroastrianism, p. 479 sq.—Among the ancient Hebrews, p. 480.—In early Christianity, p. 480 sq.—In Pagan Rome, ibid.—In Christian Rome, p. 481.—European legislation regarding homosexual practices during the Middle Ages and later, p. 481 sq.—Modern legislation on the subject, p. 482 sq.—Moral ideas concerning it in present Europe, p. 483.—Why homosexual practices are frequently subject to censure, p. 483 sq.—Criticism of Dr. Havelock Ellis’s suggestion as to the popular attitude towards homosexuality, pp. 484–486.—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. 486–489.