ZEITGEIST VOL. 2, NO. 1 PAGE 25 “cure” homosexuality, rather, brings up arguments in regard to homosexual people’s alleged immaturity and repressed sexual feelings. Although he is writing almost sixty years later, his ideas still reflect those of Freud, therefore showing his permanence in the field of psychotherapy. Freud’s impact on the field of psychology is prevalent throughout the twentieth century. His research on the causation of homosexuality set an example for the work that came after him, however, not in the way that he intended. Even though he was supportive of pro-LGBTQ legislation, his writings lacked positive rhetoric which, in hand, muddled its clarity. This allowed many psychologists to take his ideas out of the context of his writing, therefore bending them to support their own homophobic agendas in the relevance of their era. Freud provided these conservative researchers with a new “scientific” basis which allowed the medical field to support gay conversion therapy throughout the twentieth century.
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