nd the homosexual are probably, on the whole, more
attracted by the traits which they seem to themselves to possess than by
those which are foreign to themselves.[210]

PHYSICAL ABNORMALITIES.--The circumstances under which many of my cases
were investigated often made information under this head difficult to
obtain, or to verify. In at least 4 cases the penis is very large, while
in at least 3 it is small and undeveloped, with small and flabby testes.
It seems probable that variations in these two directions are both common,
but it is doubtful whether they possess as much significance as the
tendency to infantilism of the sexual organs in inverted women seems to
possess. Hirschfeld considers that the genital organs of inverts resemble
those of normal people. He finds, however, that phimosis is rather
common.[211]

More significant, perhaps, than specifically genital peculiarities are the
deviations found in the general conformation of the body.[212] In at
least 2 cases there are well-developed breasts, in 1 the breasts swelling
and becoming red.[213] In 1 case there are "menstrual" phenomena, physical
and psychic, recurring every four weeks. In several cases the hips are
broad and the arms rounded, while some are skillful in throwing a ball.
One was born with a double squint. At least 2 were 7 months' children. In
the previous chapter I have referred to the tendency to hypertrichosis and
occasionally oligotrichosis among inverted women; among the men it is the
latter condition which seems more common, and in several cases the bodies
are hairless, or with but scanty hair. A few are left-handed, though not
perhaps an abnormal proportion.[214] The sexual characters of the
handwriting are in some cases clearly inverted, the men writing a feminine
hand and the women a masculine hand.[215] A high feminine voice is
sometimes found.[216]

A marked characteristic of many inverts, though one not easy of precise
definition, is their youthfulness of appearance, and frequently child-like
faces, equally in both sexes. This has often been remarked,[217] and is
pronounced among many of my subjects.

The frequent inability of male inverts to whistle was first pointed out by
Ulrichs, and Hirschfeld has found it in 23 per cent. Many of my cases
confess to this inability, while some of the women inverts can whistle
admirably. Although this inability of male inverts is only found among a
minority, I am quite satisfied that it is well