Homosexual seduction

Homosexual seduction was a historical sexological theory suggesting homosexuality was being spread through intergenerational sex, and older homosexuals were changing the sexual orientation of previously heterosexual youth by seducing them.[1][2]

History

The theory originated in the early 20th century's work of German psychologists such as Albert Moll and Emil Kraepelin on adolescent sexuality,[1] and was used in the early work attempting to explain the phenomenon of male prostitution.[2]

Legacy

The theory has subsequently been used in homophobic propaganda and LGBT rights opposition to delay the progress of LGBT rights, by villainizing homosexual men as "old perverts who prey on children".[3][4]

See also

References
  1. Vendrell, Javier Samper (2020-09-07). "Chapter One. Theories of Adolescent Sexuality and Homosexual Seduction". The Seduction of Youth. University of Toronto Press. pp. 16–37. doi:10.3138/9781487536053-004. ISBN 978-1-4875-3605-3. S2CID 241123753.
  2. Scott, John (2003-08-01). "A Prostitute's progress: male prostitution in scientific discourse". Social Semiotics. 13 (2): 179–199. doi:10.1080/1035033032000152606. ISSN 1035-0330. S2CID 142815742.
  3. Frackman, Kyle (2019-04-16). "Persistent Ambivalence: Theorizing Queer East German Studies". Journal of Homosexuality. 66 (5): 669–689. doi:10.1080/00918369.2017.1423220. ISSN 0091-8369. PMID 29336699. S2CID 4716737.
  4. Ratinen, Teemu (2017-10-01). "Is It a Sin? The Therapeutic Turn and Changing Views on Homosexuality in the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1952–1984". Pastoral Psychology. 66 (5): 641–656. doi:10.1007/s11089-017-0778-9. ISSN 1573-6679. S2CID 149374701.
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