Homosexuality is assuredly no advantage, but it is nothing to be ashamed of, no vice, no degradation, it cannot be classified as an illness.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Freud stated homosexuality is not a vice or illness.
- In plain terms
- Homosexuality is natural and not something to shame.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept sexuality without judgment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes something normal?
- How do you define health?
Another view
Views on this have evolved since Freud.
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