Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume II: Sexual Inversion
1897
Havelock Ellis
with John Addington Symonds
Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume II: Sexual Inversion
London : Wilson & MacMillan
1st Edition
1897
Congenital sexual inversion is rare (1).
Uses the word "homosexual" but dislikes it, and references Edward Carpenter's "homogenic" (1)
Acquired/conditional inversion is rare and likely has a "congenital element" (41)
Does not want to define sexualities further than attraction to the opposite, the same, or both sexes (42).
Uses "psycho-sexual hermaphroditism" for attraction to both sexes (42).
Supposes a person is born with half male germs and half female germs, which are then concentrated into one gender. A queer person has "some peculiarity in the number" of gendered germs (132-133).
True inversion is most common among "men of exceptional ability and criminals" (12), certain races, regions (22), and people of undeveloped sexual instincts (39). The "lower races" show tolerance for homosexuality (9).
He criticizes Richard Burton's Sotadic Zone theory for its shortsightedness and lack of psychological fact (23).
Rejects the theory of hereditary nervous degeneration (105-106) and then contradicts himself (140).
Inversion is not a trait of degeneration (137)
also see 13 and 16 and 102-103
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Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume II: Sexual Inversion
Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
2nd Edition
1901
Lacks "General Preface." Adds "Preface to Second Edition." The "Preface to First Edition" was originally published as "Preface to Sexual Inversion." Adds a "Contents" section.
Chapter I.
Adds a sentence about Dr. Moll's statement about homosexuality in female monkeys (2).
Adds half a paragraph of M. J. Bailly-Maitre's obsercations about homosexuality in birds (3).
Adds half a page of additional observations by others about boy prostitutes in China (7-8).
Adds further examples of homosexuality among non-European cultures (10-13).
Replaces J. A. Symond's name and excises part of the footnote citing Symond's observation of the commonality of heterosexual anal sex in Venice (15). Removes all references to Symonds in general (17, etc).
Updates a footnote about homosexuality and Rome to reference Moll's Konträre Sexualempfindung (16).
Adds a paragraph about the homosexuality of Jérôme Duquesnoy (20)
Expands a footnote (21) and several pages (22-24) citing other homosexual figures from history.
Adds the possibility of "psychosexual hermaphorditism" (modern bisexuality) to his conclusion of Walt Whitman (26).
Adds a "The Prevalence of Homosexuality To-day" section (29-31). Assumes 5% of males and 10% of females among the English male upper middle class are inverted while the number and tolerance of homosexuals is higher in lower classes (30-31).
Chapter II.
Adds a section for Fére (32).
Adds a footnote of early English queer sexology studies (33).
Adds half a paragraph of bibliographical information on Karl Heinrich Ulrichs and mentions that his psychological views are unscientific (34).
Studies in the Psychology of Sex: Volume II: Sexual Inversion
Philadelphia : F. A. Davis Co.
3rd Edition
1915
Lacks "General Preface." Adds "Preface to the Third Edition." Lacks "Preface to Second Edition." The "Preface to First Edition" was originally published as "Preface to Sexual Inversion."
Chapter I.
No longer complains about the word "homosexual" (1).
Sexual inversion is a congenital attraction to the same sex (1).
Homosexuality is an umbrella term that includes congenital and aquired/conditional attraction to the same sex (1).
No longer comments on the rarity of congenital homosexuality (1).
Adds several pages discussing the evolution of queer sexological nominclature (2-4).
Updates "psychosexual hermaphrodite" to "bisexual" (4, 57).
Adds a footnote of major sources of studies of homosexuality in animals, including Ch. XXIX of Hirschfeld's Homosexualität (4).
Adds half a page about Steinach and homosexuality in white rats (5), Féré and insects (5-6) and Selous and birds (6). Adds additional anecdotes of birds (7).
Adds a paragraph about homosexuality in ancient cultures with a reference to Hirschfeld (9). Greatly expands the section of homosexuality in ancient and indigenous cultures (11-21), although also removes the anecdote previously added in the second edition about the Torres Straits by Dr. Seligmann. He concludes that inversion is generaly tolerated by the "lower races" (22).
Updates a footnote about homosexuality and Rome to reference Hirschfeld's Homosexualität (24). Adds a footnote to reference J. A. Symonds (25).
Updates references to Dr. H. D. Wey to reflect his death (25).
Adds statistics about homosexuality in New York's Sing Sing prison (25-26).
Greatly expands a footnote about homosexuality and men of high intelligence with more references to other sex theorists (26-27)
Adds a paragraph and footnote about queer people in religious roles, citing other sex theorists like Edward Carpenter, Hirschfeld, Horneffer (28-29).
Expands the anecdote about Muret and adds anecdotes about other Rennaissance figures (30-32)
Adds a sentence about the homosexuality of Cellini (34).
Expands a footnote (35) and several pages (35-51) citing other homosexual figures from history and modernity.
Expands the section on Walt Whitman with letters and other sources (53-56)
Updates Replaces an excerpt of a Verlaine poem with a footnote of biographical sources (57).
Expands the "The Prevalence of Homosexuality To-day" section (60-64). Supposes the total number of queer people in England is slightly above 2%, as in neighboring countries (64).
Chapter II.
Removes the section for Tarnowsky, Schrenck-Notzing, and Chevalier. Adds Edward Carpenter and Magnus Hirschfeld (65).
Adds a short note that Westphal was a pupil of Greiseinger (65).
Adds half a paragraph of biographical information of Heinrich Hössli (66).
Adds a few sentences of Casper's additional studies and a footnote on congenital homosexuality (67).
Adds a quote from J. A. Symonds about Karl Heinrich Ulrichs (68)
All people are bisexual with a gendered sexual impulse strong enough to dominate, be completely ignored, or to vary between poles (86-87)
Uses the words "sexo-esthetic inversion" and "Eonism" for the trans* experience (1-2)
Most trans* people are heterosexual (315)
Uses both the word "normal" and "hetersexuality" (2, 4, 20).