CHAPTER XLIII. Homosexual Love

HOMOSEXUAL LOVE

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.