(sigh)
Ok, I suppose I'll chip in my two cents.
Read this, Atlas - you're usually open to research, which I appreciate. The American Psychological Association answers many questions about homosexuality on this page.
http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/orientation.aspx
It's not a mental disorder. It's not "arrested development". It's an orientation.
Nobody knows what causes it, but it's almost certainly a combination of nature and nurture.
I can attest to this, I'm gay. (so is my brother) We both knew when we were about 12. There was no choice. We were raised religious. We both prayed day and night for
over a decade to be "healed". There was nothing to heal. There was nothing to change.
I can recall, specifically, a guy that I really, really, really wanted to be attracted to. Mike was wonderful. I loved him madly. I just really didn't want to touch him. Dammit.
I'm envious of bisexuals. They don't have that restrictive programming. Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to be attracted to anyone - male or female - that you found admirable?
Your guy Freud thought that humankind is innately bisexual. The "arrested development" is the programming that forces us into hetero- or homo-sexuality.
Ok, I suppose I'll chip in my two cents.
Read this, Atlas - you're usually open to research, which I appreciate. The American Psychological Association answers many questions about homosexuality on this page.
http://www.apa.org/topics/lgbt/orientation.aspx
It's not a mental disorder. It's not "arrested development". It's an orientation.
Nobody knows what causes it, but it's almost certainly a combination of nature and nurture.
I can attest to this, I'm gay. (so is my brother) We both knew when we were about 12. There was no choice. We were raised religious. We both prayed day and night for
over a decade to be "healed". There was nothing to heal. There was nothing to change.
I can recall, specifically, a guy that I really, really, really wanted to be attracted to. Mike was wonderful. I loved him madly. I just really didn't want to touch him. Dammit.
I'm envious of bisexuals. They don't have that restrictive programming. Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to be attracted to anyone - male or female - that you found admirable?
Your guy Freud thought that humankind is innately bisexual. The "arrested development" is the programming that forces us into hetero- or homo-sexuality.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
