On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, joanna bujes wrote:
> Oh, I thought I saw it under paraphilia/sexual sadism.
>
> But otherwise I agree with Mike. The DSM-IV happens to be the current
> bible for insurance and social work purposes. If there had been one
> fifty years ago, it would have listed homosexuality as an aberration,
> and then Brian would not be almost quoting from it.
>
There actually was a DSM fifty years ago (first ed. 1952), and as J. suspects, homosexuality was listed as a "sexual deviation". Homosexuality wasn't officially removed from the DSM until 1973.
Miles