(April 27, 2015 at 9:29 am)Nestor Wrote: My confusion lies in what gives anyone the authority to classify differences between people as a "psychiatric disorder," individual identity, and/or mere desire.
Whether something is a psychiatric disorder or not is a social construct. Prior to 1973, the American Psychiatric Association classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. In 1973, they decided it was not a mental disorder. Homosexuality, though, was the same before and after 1973. What changed were attitudes toward it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
