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From antiquity until perhaps a century ago, choice was presumed to govern sexual behavior. But in the late 19th century, with a burgeoning medical science as midwife, a new kind of creature was born--"the homosexual"--his entire identity based on his sexu


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Marjorie Rosenberg, here making her first appearance in COMMENTARY, is a psychotherapist in private practice. She is currently at work on a book about homosexuality.

 

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