title: [Can 'the unlike' and 'the rejected' become 'the regained'? From persecution to tolerance and perhaps acceptance--a discourse devoted to homosexual men].
abstract: The author, a sexologist engaged since many years in research on various aspects of homosexuality, presents a discourse on the fate of homosexually-oriented men throughout the centuries from antiquity till modern times. The presentation of various social approaches to homosexual men reveals a wide spectrum of attitudes, from persecution and execution on one side to growing tolerance and perhaps acceptance on the other. This article also includes an analysis of the definition of homosexuality taking into account positive and pejorative connotations which reflect changing social attitudes. The question in the title addresses various models of 'The Unlike' and 'The Rejected', often 'The Alien', who may perhaps become 'The Regained' in the 21st century.
authors.affiliation: Katedra Profilaktyki Zdrowotnej Uniwersytetu Medycznego im. K. Marcinkowskiego ul. Smoluchowskiego 11, 60-179 Poznań.
authors.forename: Remigiusz Jarosław
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Tritt
mesh_terms: D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011287:Prejudice; D012929:Psychological Distance