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Not too long ago in American society homosexuality was widely thought to be a mental illness. Homosexuality probably would be classified as a mental disease if a drug company could manufacture a drug to make a profit off of it.....just like "bipolarity", "depression", and other "diseases" that only exist in countries where people have enormous disposable income.
Not too long ago in American society homosexuality was widely thought to be a mental illness. Homosexuality probably would be classified as a mental disease if a drug company could manufacture a drug to make a profit off of it.....just like "bipolarity", "depression", and other "diseases" that only exist in countries where people have enormous disposable income.
Are you claiming that mental illness doesn't occur in other societies around the world that don't have disposable incomes?
The only reason why it was taken off the DSM list is because a group of homosexuals lobbied the annual meeting of the APA to remove it - rather militantly.
Not to mention there wasn't a full voting body of the APA to approve or deny it... so majority won... and there wasn't very much of a majority.
Are you claiming that mental illness doesn't occur in other societies around the world that don't have disposable incomes?
The only reason why it was taken off the DSM list is because a group of homosexuals lobbied the annual meeting of the APA to remove it - rather militantly.
Not to mention there wasn't a full voting body of the APA to approve or deny it... so majority won... and there wasn't very much of a majority.
Yes so the definitions are arbitrary...like much in Western psychology.
When speaking of disposable income I am not saying mental illness doesn't occur. I'm saying new "diseases" are not fabricated to suit a drug market because there is no market for the drug without disposable income. Restless leg syndrome would also not fly.
Yes so the definitions are arbitrary...like much in Western psychology.
When speaking of disposable income I am not saying mental illness doesn't occur. I'm saying new "diseases" are not fabricated to suit a drug market because there is no market for the drug without disposable income. Restless leg syndrome would also not fly.
Restless leg syndrome?
You have a background in medicine to make that determination?
You have a background in medicine to make that determination?
Nope I'm just a West African who knows how much Westerners will pay for something if someone credentialed tells them it's a disease. No medical background necessary.....however here's a great book I read years after having discussions about this nonsense with other Africans.
Gosh dont tell them this. They will try to collect even more benefits using this idea.
Having a chemical problem in the brain that makes a man crave another man is a disease or a problem but calling it mental gives them another angle to abuse.
Then again, you would have to be mental to want to kiss and have sex with someone of the same sex.
I saw two freaks french kissing recently at Disney world and ab
Gosh dont tell them this. They will try to collect even more benefits using this idea.
Having a chemical problem in the brain that makes a man crave another man is a disease or a problem but calling it mental gives them another angle to abuse.
Then again, you would have to be mental to want to kiss and have sex with someone of the same sex.
I saw two freaks french kissing recently at Disney world and ab
And a woman craving another woman? Oh wait...that's 'hot' so it's perfectly okay, right? Why is is that people always focus on male/male relationships when it comes to being gay?
I know quite a few gay people and they feel the same aversion to kissing and having sex with the 'opposite' sex as you do with the same sex. You can't force them to be attracted to who you want them to and they won't go away. What do you suggest be done?
I'd rather pop a pill for my restless leg syndrome instead of using an albino body part any day of the week.
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