Posted on 01/26/2005 4:43:08 PM PST by scripter
Dr. Sander Breiner, a member of NARTH's Scientific Advisory Committee, recently expanded upon a paper on "Adolescent Homosexuality" he presented at the November, 2004 NARTH conference in Washington, DC. (Dr. Breiner's paper is currently posted on the NARTH web site.)
Sexually questioning youth are vulnerable to the derailment of their normal heterosexuality, Dr. Breiner asserted, when they are urged to consider the possibility of being same-sex attracted.
Dr. Breiner's paper dealt with the current scientific knowledge on the development of the brain during pre-teen and teen years as it relates to hormones and emotional maturity. One of the sources for this paper was a book edited by Dr. Ronald Dahl for the New York Academy of Sciences on Adolescent Neuroscience. Dr. Dahl is at the University of Pittsburgh and has written extensively on adolescent brain development.
Breiner noted that neuroscientists are convinced that the developing brain during the teen years is significantly influenced by external emotional and social factors. Stress factors, nutrition, and exercise can have an effect on the reproductive function that can lead to a suppression of ovarian and testicular functions. According to Breiner, "If the stress is chronic there can be a significant suppression of this reproductive axis."
Gay-Affirming Teachings Can Impact Brain Development
In an interview with NARTH's Editorial Director, Dr. Breiner notes that teens typically face stresses and confusion about their sexuality. Teaching gay-affirming ideas to teens can add to the problems they already face. The child who is taught that he or she may be homosexual can be stressful and may react in the following negative ways: hurt self esteem; poor body image; likelihood of depression; anxiety about how they will function socially; and a delayed response in functioning as a heterosexual, which makes their social skills even more limited. Gay-affirming materials "won't make someone homosexual, but certainly will contribute to problems in their development," said Breiner. "Adolescents have enough problems in establishing gender roles and this will increase these problems."
According to Breiner, this isn't simply a social or psychological threat to children but is a neurological problem as well. Actual brain changes take place. He notes that there is a strong connection between hormonal development and neurotransmitters that send messages for hormonal development. "If the wrong message gets sent, as is likely to occur when external messages are coming from teachers, then the child may experience a delay in proper sexual development."
Dr. Breiner observes that neuroscience studies are clear on this subject yet nothing has appeared yet in the psychiatric or psychological literature to deal with the connection between external gay-affirming messages and brain development.
"I am convinced that gay affirming materials are injurious to children and will add to the psychological problems they already have as a normal part of development," said Breiner. "It is wrong to say that homosexuality is a viable alternative to heterosexuality. If teens are to be protected, they must be given the facts about homosexual behavior, not fantasies from the gay community."
In discussing the development of homosexuality in general, Dr. Breiner observed: "Human homosexuality is a symptom of some unresolved conflicts in a child's development psychologically. It is determined before the age of five, and usually between 1 1/2 to 3 years of age. If the individual has a neurosis, it was organized between ages 3 to 6. If they are of a borderline psychological organization, it was between ages 2 to 3. If they are psychotic, the psychological organization is under 2."
In the conclusion to his paper on "Adolescent Homosexuality," Dr. Breiner observes:
The brain that is developing (pre-puberty to adulthood), particularly in the area that deals with emotional and sexual development, is affected organically by social and physical stress. Homosexual indoctrination (direct or subtle), coercive or seductive can organically affect brain and sexual physiologic development to a modest or minimal degree. It cannot permanently produce homosexuality. However, it can certainly lead to a variety of difficulties commonly including hurt self-esteem, distortions in living, depression, selection of life goals, and other problems. Though the individual may eventually select a heterosexual life position, the preceding years of difficulties in developing and organizing one's life are likely to have more permanent deleterious effects. Therefore, any attitude by society and particularly educators that homosexuality is a reasonable or alternative lifestyle can significantly contribute to psychopathology in this vulnerable age.
Yet some freepers will tell us it's no big deal to show a video of popular cartoon characters about how "we are family" and at the same time teach from of a pro-homosexual teachers guide.
In addition to that, this video teaches children that even if someone makes them uncomfortable they are ok, it's ok to be different. It's putting children even more at risk of abuse, attempting to make them more trusting. After parents work so hard to teach them not to talk to strangers, etc etc.
Wrong. We are all born with the natural desire to eat food. It is inborn and normal. But some peolpe who suffer from mental disease choose to eat other things. It is natural and normal for all people to desire sexual relations with someone of the opposite sex (if they desire relations at all, some have abnormally low testosterone levels and are thusly eunichs in practice). Some people who have a mental disease called SAD desire to have different sexual relations (beastiality, necrophilia etc fall into this same category, mental illness)
Men and women are innately different.
Yes. Mentally healthy men desire women and mentally healthy women desire men.
I don’t refute that for many homosexuals it IS a choice. I also don’t refute that by creating an environment that embraces homosexuality we create homosexuals. Look at the man-hating culture that has been promoted for the past 30 years.
True 'homosexuals' are made, not born. (for all it is a choice)
Then look at the numbers, there are far more Lesbians than Gay men.
Apples and organges to a degree. While some lesbians result from the same causes as male SADs, some are openly lesbian simply becasue they hate men and once you eliminate men you're stuck with only women. In fact most lesbian activits openly state that they are that way because they choose to be that way
also have a friend Nathan who is gay. I’ve known Nathan since I was 5 and I swear to you that from the time we were younger he was always feminine. He never fit in with “the boys” preferring girls instead. Nathan didn’t come out until after high school (but we all knew he was gay).
Perfect case study. You all assumed he was SAD and probably treated him as such. Due to his not quite as masculine characteristics as others he likely suffered much teasing from his peers (self-fulfilling prophecy) and (from your later post) he had no relationship with his father.
Excellent candidate for recruitment. The last question is, When did he have his first SAD experience and how much older was the guy who molested him. I'll bet at least 11 yeasr older when Nathan was 14 or younger
Some people are just born GAY. Not all, not every gay individual, but I promise you that some people are just GAY.
No one is born with SAD. There is no genetic or hormonal component to the disease.
Forgot to address reply 83 to you, too -- sorry!
You have absolutely no proof of that other than your silly “intuition” I guess. Oh, and your irrefutable anecdotal evidence of Nathan the effeminate boy, of course if that were proof ALL effeminate boys grow up to be “gay” right? But then your “sometimes” it’s a choice claptrap comes into effect? I’m confused.
I gave you a link to what happens when androgen production is in imbalance. John O correctly pointed out that you can’t measure hormone levels of a corpse to determine if it were homosexual or not. Yet you hang on to the notion that homosexuality is induced by hormones OR chemicals? (What chemicals would those be?) And as usual, you perversion justificators usually have a “friend” who is gay and that’s enough to defend his honor with the usual proof “the earth is flat”.
BTW, we're all born heterosexual...paraphilic disorder is what changes that. To say some people are born with paraphilic disorder is to say some people are born attracted to animals. You've lost your mind.
At first I thought the headline said "Curricula may influence brain masturbation in teens"
After reading the article, maybe that's what it should have said.
I agree that homosexuality is curable. For some homosexual individuals there must be some sort of chemical/hormonal imbalance.
Maybe you should go back and read the article again. This is explained very thoroughly.
It should also be at THEIR expense and employers or taxpayers shouldn't have to PAY for that choice (which we do.)
interesting. ping worthy?
Public schools ping
that would be "mandatory OPT IN"
I do not believe that. I believe depression is a learned response also to the environment....granted, diet, lack of minerals, vitamins have more of an effect but getting depressed about things IS normal, BUT one has to learn how to deal with the situations in a way where they don't dwell on it for days, etc.
Agreed. I shouldn't have to pay for someone ele's decadent lifestyle.
We are trying to pass "mandatory opt In" in the legislature. This means a parent would have to opt in via a permission slip, or the child cannot attend. This would be much more effective, and harder for GLSEN to get around.
Indeed opt-in would be best. But the foes of opt-in are legion - GLSEN, the NEA, and as you mention, the ACLU are just a few examples.
The ACLU is pushing this on the schools, even filing lawsuits if schools don't enforce GLSEN's teaching to ALL students.
The NEA's and ACLU's homosexual caucuses are staunch supporters of GLSEN, and the NEA even awarded Mr Jennings the NEA's human rights "creative leadership" award ( documented here ).
It's all part of the ruse.
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1329982/posts
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