Posted on 07/16/2004 8:54:50 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
You forgot that practicing homosexuals men are also far more likely to have been raped/molested when they were a child by an adult homosexual man. I doubt that all Russians and Native Americans were more likely than other nationalities or races to have been raped/molested as a child by an adult homosexual man....
Where did I start? Journal of the American Medical Association.
As well, it was noted that along the lines that homosexuality was declared to be "normal", that many other psychiatric disorders could also be "normalized."
The way that homosexuality was "normalized" by the APA was pretty much like this:
"We( the APA) declare you(homosexuals) to be normal.", "Therefore you are normal", without any science to back up/prove this assertion.
Nice try APA, but they(homosexuals) are still not normal!!!
Unfortunately that is what has happened with psychiatric science to a large degree...it has become so heavily politicized...hence the need for NARTH.
Well, yes and no.
The charge that society, or individuals, are "homophobic" is in fact a projection of inner dread.
Naming that inner dread "internalized homophobia" is verbose and imprecise, but it's not entirely incorrect.
Waht the media did not tell you is that the hypotahalmus of the brain changes with use. To plut it bluntly, professional basketball players will have enlarged areas of their brain, in comparison to non-professional basketball players/. Ths same goes true for Symphony orchestra conducters, etc...
Even Levay admitted to this, that ultimately his studies did not convincingly prove that the hypothalamus/corpus callosum differences in hetero and homo men were a result of biology. No study has ever proven that. The media distorted the findings to suit their political purposes.
I don't think it's a coincidence either, but then your left with the homosexuals like Mary Cheney - the Vice President's daughter. I seriously she was molested, and she still turned into a homosexuals. Everything I've read, says the Cheneys were a good Christian family and raised their kids right. Leaves you scratching your head, wondering if maybe the wiring did indeed go wrong somewhere.
It's a shame that as much as so many people in this nation want to talk about their childhoods and if they were molested, etc., on the talk shows, in the press, etc. and yet there is this stigma and political uncorrectness when you talk about molestation and homosexuality together.
Actually, to start back at the beginning, there has been no scientifically validated studies proving that "internalized homopobia" even exists.
Just clearing things up, and to show that if the homosexual activists want to state that "internalized homophobia" does exist, contrary to science,, and if the media wants to advance this ridiculous, unproven notion, then they must also readily admit that the studies show that even in highly gay-affirming cultures the higher mental problem rates of homosexuals versus heterosexual don't disappear.
But, "everything you've read" actually doesn't tell you anything about what really happens,or doesn't, in someone else's family.
I thought that you might like to peruse this article from TVC.
Most gays suffer from high self-esteem.
"[His 1991 research] made the unassuming LeVay one of the most misunderstood men in America. "It's important to stress what I didn't find," he points out with the courtly patience of someone who long ago got used to waiting for the rest of the world to catch up. "I did not prove that homosexuality is genetic, or find a genetic cause for being gay. I didn't show that gay men are 'born that way,' the most common mistake people make in interpreting my work. Nor did I locate a gay center in the brain --INAH3 is less likely to be the sole gay nucleus of the brain than part of a chain of nuclei engaged in men and women's sexual behavior. My work is just a hint in that direction--a spur, I hope, to future work."Source: Interview with David Nimmons (March, 1994) "Sex and the Brain", Discover, Vol. 15, No. 3, p. 64-71.
Thanks for the ping. I'll update the database with this article.
Thanks
For decades homosexual pressure groups have claimed that, since 10% of the population is homosexual, public officials should give credence to their political demands. Now it seems that when they absolutely have to tell the truth, activists admit the 10% figure is a myth. The startling admission was made by a coalition of 31 homosexual advocacy groups, including the Human Rights Campaign, National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, and the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. In their brief filed in a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, Lawrence v. Texas, which dealt with that state's sodomy statute, the coalition said that only "2.8% of the male, and 1.4% of the female, population identify themselves as gay, lesbian, or bisexual."
I don't know about your statement that all DSM Dx result from politics as being totally true, especially the Axis I's. If they ever declassifiy the various schizophrenias, we are in big trouble!!! Most of those people are seriously mentally ill!!!....AND DANGEROUS.
Everything I've read, says the Cheneys were a good Christian family and raised their kids right. Leaves you scratching your head, wondering if maybe the wiring did indeed go wrong somewhere.
the term "molest" does not include "family" or even "close relative.
not disagreeing. just saying what i read. it appears yours has more reliable backing, so i will go with that.
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