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Skin colour is immutable and cannot be changed. Homosexuality is more akin to alcoholism or drug addiction and can most certainly be altered if one chooses to do so. A fact remains a fact whether you choose to ignore it or not.
LIVING PROOF HOMOSEXUALS CAN CHANGE
http://www.dakotavoice.com/2009/07/living-proof-that-homosexuals-can-change/
Excerpts from "Homosexuality and the Truth" by Sy Rogers & Alan Medinger:
"Whatever may be the possible unlearned assistance from constitutional sources, the child's psychosexual identity is not written, unlearned, in the genetic code, the hormonal system or the nervous system at birth." - John W. Money. Ph.D., Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Professor
"Homosexuality, the choice of a partner of the same sex for orgastic satisfaction, is not innate. There is no connection between sexual instinct and the choice of sexual object. Such an object choice is learned, acquired behaviour; there is no inevitable genetically inborn propensity toward the choice of a partner of either the same or opposite sex." - Dr. Charles W. Socarides, Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
"The genetic theory of the homosexual has been generally discarded today. Despite the interest in possible hormone mechanisms in the origin of homosexuality, no serious scientist today suggests that a simple cause-effect relationship applies." - Masters and Johnson
"The homosexual's real enemy is his ignorance of the possibility that he can be helped."- Dr. Edmund Bergler, "Homosexuality: Disease or Way of Life?"
"The success rate in 81 gays desiring reorientation (after a six year follow-up), is 71.6% (p.402) - Masters and Johnson - "Homosexuality in Perspective"
"For those homosexuals who are unhappy with their life and find effective therapy, it is 'curable'." - "Overcoming Homosexuality" by Dr. Robert Kronemeyer
"I've heard of hundreds of other men who have went from a homosexual to a heterosexual adjustment on their own." - Dr. Lawrence J. Hatterer (“Changing Homosexuality in the Male” p.138)
"The major challenge in treating homosexuality from the point of view of the patient's resistance has, of course, been the misconception that the disorder is innate or inborn." - Dr. Charles Socarides (from “Homosexuality” in the American Handbook of Psychiatry)
"I have recently had occasion to review the result of psychotherapy with homosexuals, and been surprised by the findings. It is paradoxical that even though politically active homosexual groups deny the possibility of change, all studies from Schrenck-Notzing on have found positive effects, virtually regardless of the kind of treatment used…” - Dr. Reuben Fine, Director for the New York Centre for Psychoanalytic Training. (“Psychoanalytic Theory, Male and Female Homosexuality: Psychological Approaches“ pp 84-86)
Treatments to Change Sexual Orientation – American Jornal of Psychiatry
The Journal recently published a "Position Statement on Psychiatric Treatment and Sexual Orientation" that had been approved by the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association R1575BCFFICJJ. That statement correctly cautions mental health professionals that there is little scientific evidence to support the efficacy of treatments designed to change sexual orientation. That statement was intended to address the matter of homosexuality and to take a clear stand "against discrimination, prejudice, and unethical treatment…, including discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation" (p. 1131).
The psychiatric profession still correctly considers pedophilia to be a mental disorder. However, like heterosexuality and homosexuality (orientations that differ from one another on the basis of differences in sexual attraction), pedophilia, too, can be thought of as a sexual orientation that is different from others on the basis of age of attraction. As with other sexual orientations, irrespective of the relative contributions of genetics and environment, maturing individuals discover the nature of their own attractions; such attractions are not the consequence of a volitional decision. Historically, untold numbers of human beings have been both demonized and vilified simply because their sexual makeups differ from the norm.
In the case of pedophilia, society must insist, for good reason, that persons who are sexually attracted to children are forbidden from acting on these attractions. As with alcoholism, such persons need to have access to effective treatments that can enable them to successfully resist succumbing to unacceptable temptations. However, just as has been the case historically with homosexuality, society is currently addressing the matter of pedophilia with a balance that is far more heavily weighted on the side of criminal justice solutions than on the side of mental health solutions.
Individuals whose sexual orientation is directed toward children manifest the same range of personality, temperamental, and character traits as individuals whose sexual orientation is directed toward adults. A recent Journal articleR1575BCFEJFHH documented that the vast majority of individuals with pedophilia showed no evidence of either antisocial or narcissistic personality disorder. It may be no easier for a person with pedophilia to change his or her sexual orientation than it is for a homosexual or heterosexual individual to do so.
Without condoning sexual misconduct (and without equating the consequences of acting on an attraction toward children with the consequences of acting on attractions toward adults), the American Psychiatric Association should develop a contemporary policy statement regarding pedophilia. It should encourage nondiscriminatory and objective public policies and professional education, increased availability and access to appropriate psychiatric care, and the immediate establishment of an intensive research effort to more effectively address this important societal and mental health issue.
http://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?Volume=157&page=838&journalID=13
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