ABSTRACT
In the man, the idea of homosexual infidelity is expressed in the form of accusations of lesbianism. In the usual form of jealousy, the love object is of one sex, the jealous person and the rival of the other. Less frequently, jealousies are observed where the jealous person is of one sex and the rival and the love object of another—viz. the same—sex. Psychoanalytic interest in the question is linked to the understanding of paranoia and jealousy. In a heterosexual couple, the usual jealousy results in part from the projection of homosexual interest in the rival. From there it is a short step to attributing the idea of homosexual infidelity to the projection of heterosexual interest in the rival. In both man and woman, the idea of homosexual infidelity is in accordance with the feeling of solidarity of the sexes and the intuition of its homosexual component.
