RE: Another example of the "gay to straight" myth
June 22, 2014 at 10:06 am
(This post was last modified: June 22, 2014 at 10:08 am by Heywood.)
(June 21, 2014 at 11:10 pm)Zen Badger Wrote:(June 21, 2014 at 8:58 pm)Heywood Wrote: I agree with your point but at best all it can be used for is to claim there is simply no need to treat homosexuality where as there is a need to treat pedophilia. My question is this: If pedophilia can be treated why can't homosexuality? What is magical about homosexuality that makes it immune to treatment?
Treatments are not always formulated on needs but rather wants. Nobody needs to be treated for Alopecia....and because that is true should we ban the treatment of Alopecia? Of course not.
Why are you acting as if homosexuality is some sort of problem that needs to be treated?
Its only a problem in the minds of bigoted assholes that think that their way is the only way.
For some people it is a problem and they want to be treated for it. We have such an example in this very thread. Isn't it also being an asshole if you say, "sorry you don't really have a problem so were not going to let you get the treatment you want....or let the treatment you want come into existence"?
Further, just because the treatment for something not very effective today, doesn't mean new treatment protocols won't be effective in the future. There was a time when the treatment of sepsis wasn't very effective.
Let suppose, hypothetically speaking, a country like Iran develops a pill that turns most gay people straight with little or no serious side effects. Would there be a demand for such a product? I bet there would.....even in societies in which homosexuality is completely accepted.
