> -----Original Message----- > From: Vivec [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2006 8:43 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: 'Crash' and prejudice > > How about the incidence of psychiatric disorders amongst the 'gay' > populations. > What percentage of them come from broken homes? > > Have there been any studies done on that? > > Where do BiSexuals fit into those surveys? People who can switch > between same sex and opposite sex preference.Where does that fit in to > the theory that there is no choice, no correlation with Nurture? > > How does one explain people that were 'formerly' gay, but now are > straight and quite happy?
As for that last one... there aren't that many. Most people that have been "cured" of their sexual preferences are prone to "replapses" - even those poster children for reassignment centers admit that "each day is a struggle" or "I'm often tempted" or something similar. Studies are hampered by the fact that the majority of these reassignment centers will not allow follow up surveys to be concluded and, indeed, do not judge success by psychological health. The "gay urges" may still be present but abstinence is considered "success" and counted as such. But those few studies I've seen all seem to indicate that these programs rarely succeed. To my knowledge there has never been a study correlating "broken homes" (an open term - I assume here you mean single parent homes) with homosexuality. Nor does abuse, sexual or otherwise, seem to be a driving factor. That said there are definitely people that attempt, either consciously or not, to convince themselves that they are not gay or straight or whatever. This is a psychological problem to be sure, but not a particularly common one as far as I can tell. In most cases this is actually gay males attempting to convince themselves that they are not gay. This a very common story: "I spent years trying to be straight, I got married, had kids, etc but in the end had to come out." It's more than just a joke that the brain is the most important sex organ. It's easy to understand why a gay individual would try to convince themselves (and even sometimes succeed) that they aren't. The real interesting, and completely unknowable, question is how the landscape would appear if social and religious stigmatism against homosexuality didn't exist. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193722 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
