7) WHY HOMOSEXUALITY IS NOW MORE COMMON THAN PREVIOUSLY
One
probable result of usually stable-family relationships in former times
was the relatively low incidence of homosexuality. This takes into
consideration the former extreme reluctance of homosexuals to “come out
of the closet” and face opprobrium, formerly resulting from a low
tolerance of any unconventional behavior, especially homosexuality, and
the ubiquitous lowlifes who loved to boast of beating up and robbing
them, calling this “rolling the queers.” Incidentally, these scoundrels
felt little danger of being punished for their barbarism, since their
hapless victims were not likely to complain to the often unsympathetic
police. The American Psychiatric Association had always listed
homosexuality in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders (until 1973 when it was dropped from the DSM for political,
not clinical reasons.
The
numerous disorders subsequently added to the DSM even included
“shyness.”), There was and remained a lasting and broad, consensus among
psychiatrists that this treatable
:”disorder” was not genetically inherited, but resulted from family
environments, mostly where the father was weak or absent and the mother
domineering. seductive or both. This was not a common phenomenon in
former times, which may well explain this low incidence of
homosexuality. (Incidentally, in 1998, the American Psychological
Association declared the homosexuality was genetic and inherited. In
2010, the APA reversed itself and stated that “nature and nurture both
play complex roles.”) The homosexual community has for some time sought
to create the impression that their condition is normal,
hence the effort to gain sanction for same-sex marriages, promoting
acceptance of openly homosexuals in the military and other similar
efforts. The idea that homosexuality is treatable, often successfully,
is total anathema to them; although countless thousands have been
successfully treated and now lead normal lives. This, however, is rarely
publicized.
