How do we correct this for future generations?
We combat, try to prevent, and research ways to fix every mental disorder and genetic defect expect one. The one we don't even try with is related to one of our most vital functions and behaviors - sexuality...... so in turn the defect influences our culture and perceptions about our specie's normal behaviors.
Or do some of you believe that being gay is a choice - Not only a choice but an agenda pushed to 'infect' others? I say that even if someone wasn't born gay - if something traumatic happened that made them want to be gay - then that is also mental along the lines of PTSD.
Side note: if it was accepted as a disorder there will be no barriers to any gay rights agendas.
Touching a Nerve: Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 2 [Excerpt]: Scientific American
How do we correct this for future generations?
Why is it not on this list?
Mental Disorders & Conditions - DSM
We combat, try to prevent, and research ways to fix every mental disorder and genetic defect expect one. The one we don't even try with is related to one of our most vital functions and behaviors - sexuality...... so in turn the defect influences our culture and perceptions about our specie's normal behaviors.
Or do some of you believe that being gay is a choice - Not only a choice but an agenda pushed to 'infect' others? I say that even if someone wasn't born gay - if something traumatic happened that made them want to be gay - then that is also mental along the lines of PTSD.
Side note: if it was accepted as a disorder there will be no barriers to any gay rights agendas.
Touching a Nerve: Exploring the Implications of the Self as Brain, Part 2 [Excerpt]: Scientific American
Sexual Attraction and Its Biology Homosexuality is one area where understanding even a little about the brain and the biological basis of a behavior has had a huge social impact. Although there are still those who maintain that homosexuality is a life choice, over the last 30 years, the credibility of this idea has largely crumbled. One significant reason was the discovery by Simon LeVay in 1991 concerning a small region of the hypothalamus. In postmortem comparisons of brains, LeVay found that a small hypothalamic region in the brains of male homosexuals was anatomically different from that of male heterosexuals; the region was smaller, more like that seen in the female brain. In and of itself, this discovery could not point to this brain area as the source of sexual orientation, nor could it claim with any certainty that gay men were born gay. And LeVay, tough-minded scientist that he is, was entirely clear on that point. Nevertheless, given what else was known from basic research about the role of the hypothalamus in sexual behavior, and given what else was known about fetal brain development, it seemed a good guess that being gay was simply the way some people are. More recent research strongly supports this idea.
To many people, the simple fact revealed in LeVay’s anatomical discovery diminished the authority of theological arguments that homosexuality is a life choice and a direct route to damnation. Although it does not follow from the data themselves that sexual orientation is basically a biological feature, LeVay’s discovery was a powerful element in ushering in a change in the culture of attitudes toward homosexuality, especially in the young, but not only in them. Antisodomy laws changed, fathers openly embraced their gay sons, and the hypocrisy of homophobic theologians and priests was exposed when they themselves were “outed.” To be sure, these changes did not happen overnight, and well-organized campaigns, such as that of Harvey Milk in San Francisco, were extraordinarily important as well, but the discoveries about the brain grounded the change in attitudes in a special way.
There appears to be very little evidence that environment has much to do with sexual orientation. It is not “catching,” so far as anyone can tell. Children of homosexual parents are no more likely to be homosexual themselves than children of heterosexual parents. This implies that somewhere in the thicket of causality involving genes, hormones, neurochemicals, and fetal brain development, certain of the hypothalamic cell groups are masculinized or not, to some degree or other, with the result that sexual orientation is largely established before birth. This is biology, not a choice made in adulthood. No 5-year-old child makes a life choice to be gay.
How do we correct this for future generations?
Why is it not on this list?
Mental Disorders & Conditions - DSM