Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality ‘Typogeaphical, Onomatographical, and Punctuation Errors in the Printed Text of the First Edition BY SIGMUND FREUD Schrenck-Notzing,” Three Essays on theThe Sexual Aberrations" nce designates this a makes certain defi ies of this geni hood an Bu we have every reas providing a nage of reality, O our to abound in errors, sry unteustw ind hastily drawn conclusions. If we introduce two terms and call the person from whom the attraction on the other sex emanates the sexual object and 1. Deviations with Reference to the Sexual Object The popular theory of the genital drive corresponds closely to the poetic fable of the division of man into two halves—manand wom From this perspective, there are men for wi nd that there are women ial object ed counter: sexuals, or rather inverts; the relevant phenomenon is termed The number of such persons is considerable, even t is difficult to determine it with any degree of A. Inversion heir behavi ve-mentioned persons vary greatl respects. They may be absolute inverts, he normal account of this re or they b) They nance, to perk find any joyment in werts. (psychosex may be object may be of the Inverts further g attitudes in how they judge the pe, ital drive. Some take the aversion as a matter of course, just persons jido, and insist that its status that of the normal libido. Others rebe accept the direction of their | is equ: 2 The Sexual Aberrati the fact of their compulsion’ er vari sn the inversion developed. Characteristic features of the inversion may depend con whether it goes back as faras the indi or whether the ther before or after puberty. Either a p rersion is retained throu jon and feel it as a pat Logi relate to the time wl dual can rememb lar time recedes temporat episode on the road to normal development. In some cases, object has been observed. Of spe which the libido changes, taking on the char: These different series of variations side, independently of each other. At its most extreme, one can safely assume that the inversion has existed from a very and that the person feels at one with that exist side by their own pi inversion, Nevert be, it ntermediate stages are abundantly represented, strongly suggesting that we are deal ing with the formation of a series. Inversion first garnered Je supp vous degeneracy. This was consonant with the fact that medical observers first noticed it in persons suffering from, or appearing to suffer ses. This categorization cont 3 from, nervous ns two