Femininity and Preferred Partner Age in Homosexual and Heterosexual Males
KURT FREUND M.D., D.Sc.1,
RON LANGEVIN Ph.D.2,
RICHARD LAWS Ph.D.3, and
MICHAEL SERBER M.D.4
1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Head, Section of Social Pathology, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, 250 College Street, Toronto, Canada
2 Research Scientist, Clarke Institute of Psychiatry
3 Staff Psychologist, Atascadero State Hospital, California, U.S.A.
4 Clinical Director, Atascadero State Hospital, California, U.S.A.
The relationship between `femininity' and male homosexuality was investigated, taking into consideration preferred partner age. Results indicate that homosexual males in general score higher on femininity than do heterosexuals, and that within the homosexual groups such males who erotically prefer physically mature partners score higher on femininity than do those who erotically prefer pubescents or children. There was the unexpected finding that heterosexual paedophilic males scored higher on femininity than normals and could not be differentiated in this respect from the homosexual groups. This finding, if confirmed, may offer a useful lead for research in heterosexual paedophilia or hebephilia (a preference for pubescent girls).
Submitted on January 11, 1974
