ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 represents a shift in focus from the broad history of the Rorschach in relation to queer liberation as it considers the lives and work of two individual women. Whist maintaining a focus on Psychology specifically, this chapter introduces two important figures in this history: Evelyn Hooker and June Hopkins. The lives and work of these two women and the Rorschach research they conducted is considered in depth. Despite both using the Rorschach to fight against pathologising ideas in Psychology towards gay men and lesbians, they used very different arguments. The temporal and situational contexts in which they worked is considered in depth. After all, this was a time when gay men and lesbian women were considered pathological and were often receiving treatment, such as aversion therapy, for their ‘homosexuality’. Hooker and Hopkins’ use of the Rorschach for anti-pathologising reasons is drawn out in the final section which asks whether the Rorschach can be a tool for good.
