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January 8th, 2010, 13:32
KorTose always harped on science to guide us as if it were beyond illusion. I wonder what he thinks of this science which deals with the holy grail of psychology, the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) one of the biggest compendiums of fairy tales ever conjured and fobbed off on mankind! KorTose thought his worries were over when they removed homosexuality from their list of mental illnesses.
Well, these scientists are now coming in the back door, as it were, and all in the name of that oasis of illusion known as the science of psychology, so defined by our beloved KorTose. It turns out they were the moving force behind the new Ugandan law which makes homosexual acts subject to the death penalty.
Toronto: global epicenter for oppression of sex and gender minorities
You know those reparative therapy "experts" who influenced the homophobic death penalty legislation in Uganda? For sex and gender minorities, that movement is not led by religious zealots, but by a handful of Toronto psychologists like Kenneth Zucker who still get taken seriously in their field.
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided that gay people were no longer mentally ill, but that changed nothing for trans and gender-variant people. In fact, "experts" led the push to create a new disease called "gender identity disorder," which they successfully got added to the APA's big book of mental illnesses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Though trans activists have been protesting to get this mental illness removed in the 2012 revision, these Toronto "experts" hold key positions among the people doing the revising.
Even worse is a sub-disease they created called "gender identity disorder in children." They have made a lot of money claiming to "cure" hundreds of children who are "too feminine." While they also treat kids who are "too masculine," in most clinics which have adopted their methods, 5 to 30 times more children assigned as males are treated. The methods? No playing with dolls, no drawing with the "wrong" colors like pink or purple, and no playing with or drawing pictures of girls. The anxious parents who bring their children in to be "cured" are expected to enforce all rules. They are sent home with instructions to make the child go through all their possessions and remove anything "inappropriate," as well as ways to use reinforcement to "correct" their child's thinking and behavior. How did nonconformity become a disease? And how did Toronto become infamous for this? It's a textbook case of pathological science with roots in the 20th-century eugenics movement, and it shows how a few misguided people can have impact all over the world.
(Screenshot: gender reparative therapist Kenneth Zucker appearing on TVO Parents)[attachment=0:29a1bknb]zucker-tvo.jpg[/attachment:29a1bknb]
Well, these scientists are now coming in the back door, as it were, and all in the name of that oasis of illusion known as the science of psychology, so defined by our beloved KorTose. It turns out they were the moving force behind the new Ugandan law which makes homosexual acts subject to the death penalty.
Toronto: global epicenter for oppression of sex and gender minorities
You know those reparative therapy "experts" who influenced the homophobic death penalty legislation in Uganda? For sex and gender minorities, that movement is not led by religious zealots, but by a handful of Toronto psychologists like Kenneth Zucker who still get taken seriously in their field.
In 1973, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) decided that gay people were no longer mentally ill, but that changed nothing for trans and gender-variant people. In fact, "experts" led the push to create a new disease called "gender identity disorder," which they successfully got added to the APA's big book of mental illnesses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Though trans activists have been protesting to get this mental illness removed in the 2012 revision, these Toronto "experts" hold key positions among the people doing the revising.
Even worse is a sub-disease they created called "gender identity disorder in children." They have made a lot of money claiming to "cure" hundreds of children who are "too feminine." While they also treat kids who are "too masculine," in most clinics which have adopted their methods, 5 to 30 times more children assigned as males are treated. The methods? No playing with dolls, no drawing with the "wrong" colors like pink or purple, and no playing with or drawing pictures of girls. The anxious parents who bring their children in to be "cured" are expected to enforce all rules. They are sent home with instructions to make the child go through all their possessions and remove anything "inappropriate," as well as ways to use reinforcement to "correct" their child's thinking and behavior. How did nonconformity become a disease? And how did Toronto become infamous for this? It's a textbook case of pathological science with roots in the 20th-century eugenics movement, and it shows how a few misguided people can have impact all over the world.
(Screenshot: gender reparative therapist Kenneth Zucker appearing on TVO Parents)[attachment=0:29a1bknb]zucker-tvo.jpg[/attachment:29a1bknb]