Homosexuality in Perspective.

Excerpt

Building upon their landmark investigations of heterosexual physiologic response and dysfunction, which were published a decade ago, Masters and Johnson have released their long-awaited study of a largely neglected area within the field of human sexuality. The text is divided into two sections: "Preclinical Study, 1957-1970" and "Clinical Study, 1968-1977." The material in these sections parallels the content of the authors' two earlier works and might have been subtitled "homosexual response" and "homosexual inadequacy."

The "preclinical study" presents description of sexual physiology and fantasy patterning in a homosexual study population, as observed in a laboratory environment. The population consists of