Conversely, it
may also happen that the soul-*image [anima/animus] is not projec*ted but remains with the
subject, and this results in an iden*ti*fic*a*tion with the soul because the subject
is then convinced that the way he relates to his inner processes is his real
char*ac*ter. In that event the persona, being uncon*scious, will be projec*ted on
a person of the same sex, thus provid*ing a found*a*tion for many cases of
open or latent homo*sexu*al*ity, and of father-*trans*fer*ences in men or mother-*
trans*fer*ences in women. In such cases there is always a defect*ive adapt*a*tion
to external reality and a lack of related*ness, because iden*ti*fic*a*tion with the
soul produces an atti*tude predom*in*antly oriented to the percep*tion of inner
processes, and the object is deprived of its determ*in*ing power.