Description
Book SynopsisThis book aims to show that the function of day-dreams is to state a problem that has been disguised and then to solve it, the problem and the solution being the poles between which excitement flows.
Trade Review'It is a pleasure to give an unreserved welcome to Stoller's book He covers both psychological and biological anomalies of sexual identity which he has been studying clinically for ten years.'- Hugh Freeman, New Society'Dr Stoller's contribution must rank as a milestone in our understanding of the development of masculinity and feminity and can do a great deal to alleviate some fundamental uncertainties in this area.'- Sydney Brandon, British Medical Journal
Table of ContentsIntroduction -- Hypotheses on Sexuality -- Sexual Excitement -- Primary Femininity -- Data: Belle -- Case Summary -- The Erotic Daydream -- The Underground Fantasy -- Anality -- Sadomasochism -- Exhibitionism -- Lovely -- Theories of the Mind -- Microdots -- Who Is Belle? -- Conclusions -- Treatment and Research -- Last Thoughts -- Appendix A -- Fixing