Playguy (March 1980), Part Two

In Sigmund Freud’s 1923 article “Certain Neurotic Mechanisms in Jealousy, Paranoia, and Homosexuality,” the psychoanalyst contends homosexuality is a byproduct of failed psychosexual development. According to Freud, children begin life with a strong connection to the parent of the opposite sex (sons toward mothers and daughters toward fathers). If a child fails to progress out of the phallic stage and form a bond with the parent of the same sex, they form a fixation where they seek relationships with members of the same sex because they do not want to betray their parent. Hence, Freud argues gay men seek the affection of other men because seeking the same with women would be a subconscious betrayal of their mother. Although modern Psychology no longer subscribes to Freud’s theory, a reader-submitted fantasy in this 1980 issue of Playguy (which has been broken into two parts) would have given Freud ammunition to bolster his claim. In the submission, the reader confesses that one of his greatest fantasies is to walk in on his mother being raped and masturbating to the sight of four men violating her. Included in this second half (see the first half here) are the short stories “Biker” (where the narrator follows a motorcyclist back to his garage to fulfill his fantasies) and “Coach” (about a high-school student’s sexual encounter with two teachers during a sweltering summer).