Chapter XLIII: 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.