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Femininity and Preferred Partner Age in Homosexual and Heterosexual Males

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Kurt Freund ,
Ron Langevin ,
Richard Laws  and
Michael Serber
Kurt Freund
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Section of Social Pathology, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Canada
Ron Langevin
Affiliation:
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
Richard Laws
Affiliation:
Atascadero State Hospital, California, U.S.A.
Michael Serber
Affiliation:
Atascadero State Hospital, California, U.S.A.
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Ferenczi (1927, orig. 1911) thought that on clinical grounds he had clearly established two types of homosexual males. One type combined masculinity and a preference for pubescents, and the other type combined femininity with a preference for physically mature partners. However, Hirschfeld (1920, p. 267, 277, orig. 1914), who had examined a very large number of homosexual males, doubted the existence of any relationship between femininity and age preference.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 125 , Issue 588 , November 1974 , pp. 442 - 446
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1974 

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