A Serious Look at the "Second Cory Report" by Ray Evans, Ph.D.
As a result of the publication of his first book, The Homosexual in America, Mr. Cory became a wellknown spokesman on the subject of homosexuality, and consequently any work of his demands serious consideration. At the same time, Cory has a responsibility not only to contribute something of significance, but to be fair and accurate in his presentation. In this reviewer's opinion, those obligations are not fulfilled in the present book.
The style ranges from pseudo-scientific to second-rate fiction, expressions are often banal or pretentious, the organization is loose, and the content needlessly repetitious and occasionally downright trivial (e.g., discussing who is to lead when two men dance together). The authors frequently make vague references to
Dr. Ray Evans is a practicing clinical psychologist. He conducts the Abstracts Department of ONE Institute Quarterly: Homophile Studies.
work by other people without mentioning names or specifics. For instance, the statement appears that "according to one of the most thorough and painstaking investigators in this country, there are more males than females earning money from prostitution at this time in the U.S." There is no excuse for not identifying such an investigator and stating where his work is reported.
In the introduction Cory states that his own thinking is largely sociological in orientation, while LeRoy's is psychological, and that the book "fuses two disciplines as well as two generations." Two generations may have been fused, but there is little scientific discipline at all. No mention is made of Cory's qualifications to speak sociologically, and there is no evidence of competence as a sociological thinker. LeRoy is described on the jacket as "preparing for a career in clinical psychology," but the book shows he has a long way to go.
The "sociological" approach here consists essentially of dividing the homosexual's society into three aspects: the milieu of the general world, the submerged in-group, and a sub-group organized to protest the
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