Dealing with homosexuality in the family: How to handle it?
in Psychology ·
Samuel Nelson24 said:I was watching Sasha on ABC the other day talking about gay people, and I really liked what this one guy said—basically, you aren't born gay, you become gay later on.
It’s kind of like how nobody is born a schizophrenic or an alcoholic, right?
That stuff develops as you go through life.
Personally, I think he hit the nail on the head
and that everything boils down to the family dynamic—you know, the psychological side of things and how kids are raised.
It’s a bummer that they didn't bring any parents of gay kids onto the show to talk.
I feel like we really ought to be asking parents about their upbringing styles and how they handled things at home.
Like, do any of these gay guys actually have a healthy, solid relationship with both their mom and dad?
In my opinion, anyone who ends up being gay is dealing with some kind of trauma from their childhood—whether it's something they're aware of or just some repressed thing buried deep down—and that’s where the root of it all lies.
A little five-year-old boy could experience a trauma if, say, his father passes away and he grows up without him, leaving him with just a super dominant mother.
Down the road, that could lead to him being gay.
I could probably come up with a ton of other examples.
For instance, maybe a four-year-old girl is being seduced by her dad through certain words, looks, or gestures... (and I don't necessarily mean physical assault), which just makes her lose all respect for men entirely.
What do you guys reckon?
Honestly, it sounds like you might need a hobby. 👎
A quick word for those wading through the shallow end of psychology: homosexuality was considered perfectly normal long before 1973.
Maybe pick up a history book once in a while.
