ABSTRACT
Homosexual plays were of daily occurrence among the non-captive immature males, regardless of the availability of the females. Mature males would sometimes lure weaker males to them by assuming the female position, only to spring at the intended victim as soon as the homosexual bait brought the latter close enough to make escape impossible. During immaturity, the balance between homosexual and heterosexual tendencies is so nearly even in the male monkey that his erotic impulses can find satisfying expression in sexual plays with fellow males. In the compulsive alcoholic, homosexuality has a demonstrably defensive motivation, but this in turn is feared and repressed. Psychoanalysis offers the most productive of all research techniques for teasing out the detailed psychodynamic structure of overt homosexuality. Female homosexuality is likewise a defensive against incest, but it has a more complex determination, and post-infantile factors, such as the sexual aggressions of brothers or the too erotically tinged affection of fathers, usually play an important role.
