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[17] _Psychology of s.e.x_; Vol. _s.e.xual Inversion_. Dr. Hirschfeld in his _Statistischen Vatersuchunge uber den Prozentensetz der h.o.m.os.e.xuellen_, considers that out of 100,000 inhabitants, 94,600 on the average are s.e.xually normal, 1,500 exclusively h.o.m.os.e.xual, and 3,900 bis.e.xual.
[18] The existence of this danger was admitted in a debate in the House of Lords on August 15, 1921, on The Criminal Law Amendment Bill. The Earl of Malmesbury, speaking on a proposal to apply criminal prosecution to h.o.m.os.e.xual offences among women, declared that "the opportunity for blackmail will be vastly and enormously increased." Other speakers concurred in this view, and it was partly on this ground that the proposal was thrown out.
It is hardly necessary to point out that if blackmail would be encouraged by such legislation, it must equally be encouraged by the present law regarding similar offences between males.
[19] _The Intermediate s.e.x._
[20] I cannot enter here into that further theory which may be described as "expression through a phantasy."
