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I am angered right now
serious crayons:
From Wikipedia:
Among the most noted examples of controversial diagnoses is the classifying in the DSM-II of homosexuality as a mental disorder, a classification that was removed by vote of the APA in 1973 after three years of various gay activists groups demonstrating at APA meetings (see also homosexuality and psychology).
[In other words, subsequent editions (DSM-III and DSM-IV) do not list homosexuality as a disorder.]
The DSM is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR), published by the American Psychiatric Association, is the handbook used most often in diagnosing mental disorders in the United States.
PS I am no expert on this, either, but I remember this issue pretty clearly from my Intro to Psychology classes in college, 20+ years ago.
Brown Eyes:
Yeehaw Katherine! Thanks for looking that up.
:D
delalluvia:
What Vickie said.
Whenever anyone says something off the wall like that, my usual response is an astonished, "Says who?"
If they can't remember or heard it on TV or read it on the net, I'd cast my usual aspersion on it unless they can be specific. If they persist, ask them to please send you the information because - other than the AMA needing this information - obviously not 'everyone' knows and there is probably a Nobel Peace Prize waiting for someone who has this 'proven' information. ::)
I'd say that last to them as snidely as I could. ;D
starboardlight:
you should have asked them to site their source. it's their responsibility to back up their claim. but yeah, i totally see where your anger is coming from. worse of all,homophobia coming from a friend is disheartening. but it's good that it reveals how deeply ingrain it is. many of us would like to think that's it the bible thumpers and the back water hicks that are homophobes, but truth is, even the most "enlightened" and "sophisticated" urbanites can be homophobic. it's good that it reveals to you, your friend as she really is.
starboardlight:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on June 20, 2006, 01:34:34 am ---What Vickie said.
Whenever anyone says something off the wall like that, my usual response is an astonished, "Says who?"
If they can't remember or heard it on TV or read it on the net, I'd cast my usual aspersion on it unless they can be specific. If they persist, ask them to please send you the information because - other than the AMA needing this information - obviously not 'everyone' knows and there is probably a Nobel Peace Prize waiting for someone who has this 'proven' information. ::)
I'd say that last to them as snidely as I could. ;D
--- End quote ---
i'm gonna go practice my snide voice now. ;D
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