innate bisexuality

Often the theory of innate bisexuality is discussed in association with Freud's sessions with Dora.

His work never found scientific favor, though some of his thinking - such as the idea of innate bisexuality- was incorporated into Freud's theories.

Many modern uses of the term innate bisexuality are more indicative of Alfred Kinsey's research than Freud's.

Innate bisexuality, or predisposition to bisexuality, is an idea introduced by Sigmund Freud, based on work by his associate Wilhelm Fliess.

Sandor Rado in 1940 criticized Freud's theory of innate bisexuality in his article "A Critical Examination of the Concept of Bisexuality".

Psychoanalysts have been aware of its arbitrariness since the time of Freud - who, notwithstanding his palpable misogyny, was ahead of his time in accepting the notion of innate bisexuality and in his belief that homosexuality was not an illness.

Innate bisexuality (or predisposition to bisexuality) is a term introduced by Sigmund Freud, based on work by his associate Wilhelm Fliess, that expounds that all humans are born bisexual but through psychological development-which includes both external and internal factors-become monosexual, while the bisexuality remains in a latent state.