Genius is first ridiculed and then accepted.The medical industry makes glaring mistakes at times for overly proud reasons.What disease causes people to believe in circumcision?Why is euthanasia a taboo subject even more so than abortion?Sadism has many forms.
Response to Cure for Homosexuality Forum For behavior to be consider a psychological disorder it must be deviant; abnormal to the culture, distressful; causing emotional pain, dysfunctional; causing a disruption in functioning, and/or dangerous. Any distress, disfunction, or danger related to homosexuality is not a direct result of homosexuality itself but a result of ridicule or fear of ridicule. Homosexuality does not cause mental illness, but prejudice against homosexuality does. Therefore it is the prejudice that should be "cured." Besides, in the past cure has been researched. Endlessly. For years. With no results. As is illustrated in the following link to an essay regarding the subject. http://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/97jun/burr2.htm Meanwhile as homosexuality became more common psychologists began to recognize that homosexuality itself has no negative effects on mental health.
