(2) greater adjustment difficulties on the men's part, both to society and to themselves. The two points may be related, since constitutional factors making for a stronger sex drive in men may be involved in both. But there is also a cultural factor involved in the second point, namely, the stronger social taboo against malo homosexuality, which is a reverse reflection of the high prestige of masculinity in our culture.

This is well illustrated by the apparent unwillingness of the men to choose a "feminine" label for themselves, even in the limited area of the homosexual relationship, although the women had less reluctance in choosing a "masculino" label under the same circumstances. In a society that is male-oriented and where masculino values have higher prestige", the lot of any male who rejects the se values in any way is difficult, and perhaps few homosexual males can do so completely, or with impunity, despite their sexual or other preferences. Lesbians, on the other hand, when they reject the traditional role of women, may be harmonizing their behavior not only with their own inclinations, but also with the really dominant values of society.

The present report was based on a questionnaire that was not specifically designed to bring out in detail differences between the male and the female homosexual. A study which specifically attempted to measure emotional, intellectual and social differences between men and women homo sexuals, and to compare them with known differences between men and women in our culture, would of course be of great interest. For such a purpose far more adequate resources are needed than are at present at the disposal of the Daughters of Bilitis.

*See references cited in footnoto, page 22; also L. Ovesy, "Masculine Aspirations in Women," Psychiatry, 1956: 19:341.

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