UP THE HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL SUBJECTS HOMOSEXUAL SUBJECT WAS 35 YEARS OLD, HAD AN

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THAT IS, IF A

IQ OF 135 AND WAS

A COLLEGE GRADUATE, SHE NEEDED TO FIND A HETEROSEXUAL SUBJECT WITH THE SAME QUALIFICATIONS.

AFTER COUNTLESS INTERVIEWS DR. HOOKER WOUND UP WITH 30 GOOD CONTROLS. THESE WERE GIVEN A SERIES OF TESTS AND A LIFE HISTORY WAS COMPILED.

RULING OUT BIAS WAS VERY DIFFICULT, AND A SYSTEM HAD TO BE DEVISED TO PREVENT THE CLINICIANS WHO JUDGED THE TESTS FROM KNOWING WHICH WAS WHICH IN THE ANALYSIS OF ADJUSTMENT, SEX PATTERNS, ETC.

"TWO-THIRDS OF EACH GROUP PROVED BETTER THAN AVERAGE IN ADJUSTMENT, AND THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOMOSEXUAL: AND THE HETEROSEXUAL. THE JUDGES WERE UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE HOMOSEXUAL AND HETEROSEXUAL TESTS," DR. HOOKER DECLARED.

HOWEVER, SHE WARNED THAT WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS. "WE MAY TENTATIVELY DRAW THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO INHERENT CONNECTION BETWEEN PATHOLOGY AND THE HOMOSEXUAL, AND WE MAY CONTINUE TO BE SKEPTICAL OF ASSUMPTIONS OF IMMATURITY. FOR THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY, OF COURSE, THAT THIS MIGHT BE A SPECIAL SAMPLING."

IN HER NEW RESEARCH STUDY, DR. HOOKER HOPES TO DESCRIBE THE SOCIAL PATTERN OF THE HOMOSEXUAL COMMUNITY. HOW DO HOMOSEXUALS MANAGE THEIR LIVES? ONLY A FEW ARE OPENLY HOMOSEXUAL. THERE ARE TWO SECTORS: VISIBLE (GAY BARS AND WORK WHERE HOMOSEXUALITY CAN BE OPENLY ADMITTED) AND THE INVISIBLE (QUIET, DISCREET INDIVIDUALS, MANY OF WHOM ARE MARRIED). WHAT IS SMUG DOMESTICITY LIKE IN THE HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIP? THERE IS NO DATA ON HOW THE HOMOSEXUAL LIVES IN THIS HOSTILE SOCIETY.

DR. HOOKER PROPOSES TO STUDY THE VARIOUS TYPES OF HOMOSEXUALS: THE LONE ISOLATE, THE CRUISER, THE ISOLATE IN A HETEROSEXUAL ENVIRONMENT, THE HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE. SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTS THERE ARE FOR THE HOMOSEXUAL, TOPOGRAPHY OF GROUPS, PERMANENCE AND IMPERMANENCE OF FRIENDS, VARIETIES OF "CAMPING", STATUS LEVEL, ROLE OF THE POLICE

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