You missed my point.I hope you see my point when I put your first two sentences in context:Psychology was one of the first disciplines to study homosexuality as a discrete phenomenon. Prior to and throughout most of the 20th century, common standard psychology viewed homosexuality in terms of pathological models as a mental illness.
Hope you see my point, if not, politely ask me to explain it to you, and I shall.
linkPsychology was one of the first disciplines to study homosexuality as a discrete phenomenon. Prior to and throughout most of the 20th century, common standard psychology viewed homosexuality in terms of pathological models as a mental illness. That classification began to be subjected to critical scrutiny in the research, which consistently failed to produce any empirical or scientific basis for regarding homosexuality as a disorder or abnormality. As a result of such accumulated research, professionals in medicine, mental health, and the behavioral and social sciences, opposing the classification of homosexuality as a mental disorder, claimed the conclusion that it was inaccurate, and that the DSM classification reflected untested assumptions that were based on once-prevalent social norms and clinical impressions from unrepresentative samples which consisted of patients seeking therapy and individuals whose conduct brought them into the criminal justice system.[1]
Since the 1970s, the consensus of the behavioral and social sciences and the health and mental health professions globally is that homosexuality is a normal variation of human sexual orientation, while there remain those who maintain that it is a disorder.[2] In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The American Psychological Association Council of Representatives followed in 1975.[3] Thereafter other major mental health organizations followed and it was finally declassified by the World Health Organization in 1990. Consequently, while some still believe homosexuality is a mental disorder, the current research and clinical literature demonstrate that same-sex sexual and romantic attractions, feelings, and behaviors are normal and positive variations of human sexuality, reflecting the official positions of the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association.
You are trying to use a biased psychological opinion to argue your point ("The important point to remember is that many child molesters cannot be meaningfully described as homosexuals, heterosexuals, or bisexuals because they are not capable of a relationship with an adult man or woman. Instead of gender, their sexual attractions are based primarily on age. These individuals, most often fixated, are attracted to children, not to men or women.")
Psychology once claimed homosexuality as a mental disease, and now it isn't. What changed, other than public anger towards the classification, which proves psychology is affected by whats popular in public opinion and can't be considered a reliable source to either prove or disprove your opinion, as public opinion isn't always factually correct.
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Never mind. I forgot who I was replying to.