Conversion therapy is a treatment directed to change a persons sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. The American Psychiatric Association(APA) disapproves of the treatment given that people believe and see it as a mental disorder. They feel that trying to change a persons homosexual orientation is considered to be unethical. Debates are held on how it is highly likely for a homosexual to cause self harm giving that they are made to see themselves as being wrong. The APA feels as if the solution for this should be instead of a change in someones orientation, there should be a change in the way society views it.
A persons sexual orientation is not caused by who they are around or raised by. Many heterosexual people are against
You may just consider it as normal giving that you yourself are and you have absolutely no want to be with a person of the same sex. That thats the way God made it to be, Adam and Eve, man and women, but a person does not simply choose to be one way or another. Scientists don’t know what exactly the cause is for a person to become homosexual just as they are not sure what causes a person to become heterosexual. Homosexuality has been studied with groups of both identical and fraternal twins and found evidence that genetics play a role. Results have shown that the closer the genetic makeup of the two, when one was homosexual, the other would also be. What would be the odds that most identical twins would have the same sexual orientation? Commonly you are able to pick out gay children from early as the age 6 by their feminine actions, such as the way they walk or talk. This is not always the case but it is likely. Most kids are not even aware of what this term means, so how would they have a choice? They just live as they see themselves and who they are, not knowing that later they may find themselves to act or like the same sex. I myself is homosexual, and i know for a fact that i would not choose this if i had a choice from the start. Ive always been the type of kid who didn 't want to stand out to everyone, just wanted to blend in and get by like everyone else. The last thing i wanted was to be seen differently and have people judge. My freshman year i came to the fact that i had been attracted to girls rather than guys. As I looked back at my previous years, it had all made since. I remember watching movies as young as a fifth-grader and wanting to always be the guy figure in a relationship, but at the time i didn 't understand why. Also i had always preferred to hang around guys, whether we would
Most scientists and psychologists believe that homosexuality is caused by a gene determined at birth much like your hair, skin, and eye color are determined, meaning homosexuality is not a choice and is no more a choice than choosing your skin color. Studies known as adoption studies show that sexual preference is genetic by adopting a young infant child and placing them in either a homosexual or h...
Conversion Therapy is a practice which has been proven not to be harmful but also, has been proven not to work. There is a gene that causes homosexuality, and therefore proves that homosexuality is genetic, and not a choice. Many individuals have gone through conversion therapy and sadly some of them have not survived it. Leelah Alcorn did not survive the therapy process that her parents put her through because she was emotionally damaged by all the negative comments about her being transgender. There is a petition to sign Leelah’s Law, which would ban the practice of conversion therapy. The petition has reached its goal. Now it is up to the Unitited States constitutes to persuade their representatives into passing this law to ban this form of therapy from this nation.
Many people cannot understand why anyone would want to get involved in homosexual activity. There are many arguments about homosexuality whether is by nature or nurture. Before we make judgments on homosexuality, we need to identify the causes of homosexuality. Homosexuality is caused by genetic, biological and environmental factors.
People that’ve gone through conversion therapy tell stories about things they went through. Something therapists do is force people to watch heterosexual porn. Therapists believe that watching porn will make men attracted to women while it will make women attracted to men (A Survivor Of Gay Conversion Therapy Shares His Chilling Story, 2016). Another method therapists use is force people to pray the gay away. One man named Paul Southwick wrote about how he tried to pray the gay away but all that did was make him hate himself be felt like wasn’t trying hard enough. Some therapist give their patients electric shocks while showing them homoerotic images. This leads to patients associating homosexuals with pain (A Survivor Of Gay Conversion Therapy Shares His Chilling Story, 2016). Conversion therapy can last for years. This mean that patients are subject to abuse for years. Conversion therapy is extremely harmful. People learn to associate homosexuality with pain and that leads to them hating homosexuals and themselves. It is also very traumatizing. People that have served conversion therapy say they still feel the harmful effects years
Making a stands that being a homosexual is natural and homosexuality isn’t a mental disorder. Conversion or reparative therapy only suppress their sexual conduct, not their sexual desires. Those type of therapy infuses shame and guilt in a person which can cause the person the shutdown. Secondly, conversion therapy can make a person feel like they have no way out. The highly disapproved therapy can push a person to make a bad rational decision possibly committing suicide. LGBT people are three to seven times more likely to commit suicide. Thirdly, they promote sexual orientation is a choice but your sexual orientation is not a choice. Conversion and Reparative therapy are supported by James Dobson which created a Christian organization called “ Focus On The
Homosexuality was once considered a mental illness which lead to attempts to “cure” it. One of the main theories of homosexuality is that it stems from deviant behavior experienced in childhood. Some men develop homosexual attractions due to a bad relationship with a distant father or in response to childhood molestation (Shapio 5). While some homosexual attractions have been caused by these issues, most homosexuals have not been exposed to molestation or family issues. One of the methods to cure homosexuality is conversion therapy. Conversion therapy consists of a variety of methods, both physical and psychological. Some of these methods include praying away the gay, electroconvulsive therapy, hypnosis, and drugs (“11 Ridiculous” 1). There are many camps which are designed for conversion therapy but many of their practices remain secret. There is little information to be found online regarding these camps because they realize that they are behaving inappropriately so they hide their acts. In the 1980s, homosexuality was determined to have a biological cause; this created two sides – supporters of conversion therapy and its detractors (Friedman 1).
Scientists in fields connected to neurobiology and psychiatry remain mystified about the cause of Conversion Disorder. The disorder is characterized by physical symptoms of a neurological disorder, yet no direct problem can be found in the nervous system or other related systems of the body. This fact alone is not unusual; many diseases and symptoms have unknown origins. Conversion Disorder, however, seems to stem from "trivial" to traumatic psychological events and emotions rather than biological events. The extreme symptoms often disappear as quickly as they appear without the patient consciously controlling or feigning them. Thus, Conversion Disorder serves as a significant example of how blurred the conceived demarcated divisions of mind/body/behavior can be.
Reparative, or reversal, therapy for homosexuality is a little discussed aspect of the anti-gay community. Programs such as NARTH (National Association of Research and Therapy for Homosexuality) or Exchange Ministries are organizations specifically aimed to change a person’s sexuality from homosexual to heterosexual. For as long as differing sexualities have been in the spotlight of public opinions people have been attempting to change those who identify as such. Some of the individuals who attend such programs choose to do so willingly. These are the people who are uncomfortable with their attraction to members of the same sex. They wish to repress their urges and live a heterosexual lifestyle. However the majority of those enrolled in these therapy sessions are teenagers who are forced into them by their parents. Often times these teenagers and young adults do not want to attend the programs, most are still trying to adjust to their sexuality. Still others have accepted who they are and simply do not want to change. Many of those who willingly attend reversal therapies claim to be cured or at least have reduced homosexual tendencies. The question is do these practices actually work? In short: No. They do not. Ask any one who has been through said treatments and they will recount a trying experience through which many of them barely survived.
...ally factors are responsible for sexual orientation. There are so many variations within society that could affect at person's sexuality, that it is impossible to make any assertions at this point. Therefore the nature and nurture debate is still open.
Conversion therapy, or CT, is a program that is designed to change a person's sexual orientation to heterosexual (Haldeman 1). Conversion therapy was started when homosexuality was classified as a psychological disorder. Like any illness, a
According to the Human Rights Campaign, Conversion therapy is a practice that claims to be able to "turn gay people straight" through therapy. Conversion therapy leads to a variety of negative side effects. According to the Human Rights Campaign, "minors are especially vulnerable, and conversion therapy can lead to depression, anxiety, drug use, homelessness, and suicide." Conversion therapy is a horrific practice that should be banned in all fifty states. Conversion therapy is a horrible practice that should be
According to Jeffrey Satinover, MD, there is no evidence that shows homosexuality is genetic. Stating “homosexuality may run in families but you get viruses from your parents too, and some bad habits…” (Top 10 Pros). Brian S. Mustanski, PhD, agrees that though there may be no ‘gay’ gene, multiple genes potentially interacting with the environment could explain sexual orientation. Ex- gays are living proof that homosexuality is not fixed permanently. Therefore, for someone to be born gay, obviously that person would not be able to change ones sexual preference.
To begin with, sexual orientation can be determined by more than one factor and is not the same for everybody. According to the American Psychological Association:
Many of these theories blame the parents for the child eventually being attracted to the same sex. According to the experienced writer Mary Meehan, “… a child develops a homosexual disposition because the same-sex parent has been emotionally distant, cold, or hostile.” (Meehan par. 10) Meehan places all of the pressure on parents to make sure they are loving and she also believes it’s important to reinforce gender roles in this statement, “…. a weak father, who does not draw his son into the world of men and masculinity, and a domineering mother who draws the son into her world” (Meehan par. 21). This would insinuate that every tomboy or male who enjoys an activity such as cooking would undoubtedly be homosexual. However, another cause is the emotional trauma from being sexually abused or molested by the same sex as a child. This is usually thought to be from a creepy uncle or even from the seemly trustworthy priest that cause the victims to become homosexual for the rest of their life, or until they seek
As humans, it is natural to shy away from things that are different than the norm; we discriminate. It is very important to rid oneself of discrimination to better clarify the decision at hand. To make a valid conclusion on homosexuality, it is essential for one to forget what they were taught when socialization occurred, mainly birth to adulthood. As an example: You were told as a young child to hate and not associate yourself with African Americans because of the color of their skin, because they are different. When you grow older, you obtain a six-figure job, but y...