Posted on 12/01/2004 10:29:18 AM PST by presidio9
DISCRIMINATION against gay men, lesbians and bisexuals could be responsible for high levels of mental illness and self-harm, research suggested today.
A study found that attacks and bullying could be linked to the widespread mental disorder that homosexuals appear to suffer.
The widespread mental illness that gays and Lesbians suffer from is a disorder known as homosexuality, not anything else. Period. End of story. Next question?
And all these years I thought homosexuality was caused by being gay...
Being sexually attracted to someone of the same sex is in and of itself a mental illness.
I see the articles at the Scotsman are short and "sweet."
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"There they go again..."
A predilection for sodomy is a mental disorder, you buffoons!
I note with interest that the study takes for granted the notion that these perverts were born perverts and were tormented by peers for being perverts when they were little.
That's a bit of a stretch.
Homosexuality itself is a mental disorder on the most fundamental level - humans simply aren't designed to work that way. Often enough it is merely one of many symptoms of deeper, underlying problems, quite often stemming from bad relationships with the same-gender parent.
It's the chicken-egg scenario. The authors have it backwards. It is the mental illness that precipitates their other problems, not vice versa.
I do wish there was some information available beyond the first two paragraphs. I don't foresee this triggering much useful discussion otherwise...
Having been bullied as a kid, this has a "well, duh" aspect for me. We all knew people who were suspected of being gay who got beat up or harassed regularly in school, it's like being fat or poor or a crybaby. I suspect other people are going to have a different conclusion about this common sense link.
Well, it's either bullying, or it's because they are Homos. I bet it's because they are Homos...
Could it be that widespread mental illness might be part of what causes them to behave the way they do in their sexual proclivities in the first place?
Not a PC idea, but one that has not been debunked! When the Psychiatrics removed Homosexuality from being listed as a mental illness is had absolutely nothing to do with any new research proving that it wasn't. Simply Politics.
Excuse me, are you promoting Scientology as a source of explanation or a solution for *anything*?
Bingo. We have a winner for accuracy, truth and brevity.
What is normal behavior? Giving all of your money to a "church" to buy time with a five-dollar E-meter, just so you can find out that your body is full of "Thetans?"
PS: if you donate enough money, you get to find out that your body itself is made up of "clusters" of Thetans.
Which is more aberrant: having male genitals inserted into your rectum (something many straight women do), or spending your life to raise money for an insane cult?
"Excuse me, are you promoting Scientology as a source of explanation or a solution for *anything*?"
I think he's saying more along the lines of *even* the Scientologists agree.
Well yeah, the whole point of bullying them is to get them to commit suicide.
They've been ABUSED - sexually or physically. This has been known for YEARS! They're angry. They're emotionally confused.
I don't think actively homosexual men make good scoutmasters for Boy Scouts, any more than I think horny heterosexual males would make good leaders for Girl Scouts. But aside from the people who insist that they keep their hands off our kids, what sort of "discrimination" do they actually suffer? I know that if I said something critical to a gay person at my office, I'd be the one getting crucifued for it.
Right. The dirty secret is that most of these people are very ill to begin with. They also carry other diseases like that new strain of strep (from shaving all hair), some new disease in the EU, Hepititus C and AIDS.
This is filthy lifestyle, with 87% of gay men having more than 15 lovers according to a University of Chicago story.
And I should give any credence at all to the position of the "Church" of Scientology about mental health because...?
Did the bullying make you gay?
Projection at it's finest
Don't you remember? A gay guy got killed once (Matthew Shepherd).
On the other hand, being gay might be a symptom of a mentally ill person who enjoys doing him/her/it/other's self harm.
Women are the main reason I'm not homosexual.
I love men so much I married on. Guess I'm gay...and wasn't even bullied in school either.
Um, well, I believe that anal sex (sorry to be graphic) is a very efficient way to transmit disease, and to the extent people have multiple partners it of course has a chance to spread.
In other words, a medically unhealthy lifestyle.
I wonder if a comparison to obesity is useful. People have said that each of these conditions may be the result of a "genetic predisposition" to certain behavior. A very controversial idea, but even assuming it's true, it's been established that each behavior leads to health problems. So why is one behavior (overeating) discouraged and the other (gay sex) is not - in fact the whole marriage controversy seeks to enshrine the practice in law.
Kids are cruel. I was the fat kid who got picked on. I did not have to spend years in therapy getting over it.
And I think I have the responsibility, as a rational human being and not an unthinking animal in a barnyard or jungle, to recognize my own harmful behavior and to CONTROL MYSELF.
Just some thoughts.
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"And all these years I thought homosexuality was caused by being gay..."
I was under the impression that gaiety caused homosexuality. Everybody thanks I'm a grouch.
Reading this article is causing me high levels of stress.
Some of the replies'll help relieve it though
Let's not forget the statistic of 99.9% mortality by age 60 for active homosexuals that have multiple partners.
Aha! So first they demand the right to marry, and in the next increment they demand that poligimy, be legalized, so they can marry all their lovers.
I know a guy who dropped out of HArvard for a year and tried to commit suicide several times.
After his therapy visits, he suddenly realized that he was 'gay'.
I wish I could remember the name of that new super VD that has hit the EU homos.
roger that .
Alcoholism. I never thought of that!
Right!
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"99.9% mortality by age 60."
LOL! I first read mortality as morality. I guess that would apply to, come to think about it-there is very little hanky panky in the grave.
Could be? Uh, yeah, and it could be linked to Pudding Pops, but it isn't. Homosexuality is a symptom of the mental disorder.
This whole thread is just gay.
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