Is “homophobia” a phobia?

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V. Lysov
E-mail: science4truth@yandex.ru
Most of the following material is published in an academic peer-reviewed journal. Modern studies of social problems, 2018; Volume 9, No.8: 66 – 87: V. Lysov: “The fallacy and subjectivity of the use of the term“ homophobia ”in scientific and public discourse”.
DOI: 10.12731/2218-7405-2018-8-66-87.

Key findings

(1) A critical attitude towards homosexuality does not meet the diagnostic criteria of a phobia as a psychopathological concept. There is no nosological concept of “homophobia”, it is a term of political rhetoric.
(2) The use of the term “homophobia” in scientific activity to denote the entire spectrum of critical attitude to same-sex activity is incorrect. The use of the term “homophobia” blurs the line between a conscious critical attitude to homosexuality based on ideological beliefs and forms of manifestation of aggression, shifting associative perception towards aggression.
(3) Researchers note that the use of the term “homophobia” is a repressive measure directed against those members of society who do not accept the consolidation of a homosexual lifestyle in society, but who do not feel hatred or unreasonable fear of homosexual individuals.
(4) In addition to cultural and civilizational beliefs, the basis for a critical attitude to same-sex activity, apparently, is behavioral immune system — biological reaction disgustdeveloped in the process of human evolution to ensure maximum sanitary and reproductive efficiency.

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Treatment of homosexuality before the era of political correctness

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Numerous cases of successful therapeutic correction of homosexual behavior and attraction are described in detail in the professional literature. Report The National Association for the Study and Therapy of Homosexuality presents an overview of empirical evidence, clinical reports and research from the end of the 19th century to the present, which convincingly prove that interested men and women can make the transition from homosexuality to heterosexuality. Before the era of political correctness, it was a well-known scientific fact, which is freely wrote the central press. Even the American Psychiatric Association, excluding syntonic homosexuality from the list of mental disorders in 1974, noted the that “Modern treatment methods allow a significant part of homosexuals who want to change their orientation to do so”.

The translation follows Articles from the New York Times of 1971.

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Homosexuality treatment

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An outstanding psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and MD, Edmund Bergler wrote 25 books on psychology and 273 articles in leading professional journals. His books cover topics such as child development, neurosis, midlife crises, marriage difficulties, gambling, self-destructive behavior, and homosexuality. Bergler was rightfully recognized as an expert of his time in terms of homosexuality. The following are excerpts from his work.

Recent books and productions have attempted to portray homosexuals as unhappy victims who deserve sympathy. The appeal to the lacrimal glands is unreasonable: homosexuals can always resort to psychiatric help and be cured if they want to. But public ignorance is so widespread on this issue, and the manipulation of homosexuals by public opinion about themselves is so effective that even intelligent people who were definitely born yesterday did not fall for them.

Recent psychiatric experience and research has unequivocally proven that the supposedly irreversible fate of homosexuals (sometimes even attributed to non-existent biological and hormonal conditions) is actually a therapeutically altered unit of neurosis. The therapeutic pessimism of the past is gradually disappearing: today psychotherapy of a psychodynamic direction can cure homosexuality.

By cure, I mean:
1. a complete lack of interest in their gender;
2. normal sexual pleasure;
3. characterological change.

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Reintegration Therapy - Change Is Possible

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Full video in English

Since the time of the sexual revolution, attitudes toward homosexuality have changed dramatically. Today, for homosexuals in the West, the battle seems to be won: gay clubs, gay parades, gay marriage. Now "gay is okay." Administrative punishments and unprecedented lawsuits await those who oppose LGBT people, along with labels of fanatic and homophobe.

Tolerance and widespread acceptance of sexual freedom apply to all but one segment of the population — those who want to break with homosexuality and start a heterosexual lifestyle. These men and women experience homosexual feelings but do not want to accept a homosexual identity. They believe that homosexuality does not represent their real nature and seek deliverance.

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"Homophobia" is not latent homosexuality

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In Russia, as in most other countries, a significant part of society has a persistent critical attitude towards the demonstration of homosexual behavior, designated by some authors as “homonegativism” or “homophobia”. Exists various explanations homonegative attitude. The so-called. "Psychoanalytic hypothesis", which consists in the assumption that the critical attitude of heterosexual individuals to the demonstration of homosexual behavior is due to subconscious homosexual attraction. In other words, the claimed essence of the hypothesis can be simplified to the following: “homophobes are hidden homosexuals”. This statement used frequently in the rhetoric of gay activists in a public discussion on the topic of non-physiological sexual attraction and its place in Russian society. They are operated by non-specialists in specific print media, films, television shows, on the Internet. Harvard gay propaganda developers directly prescribed use this argument to embarrass opponents.

Scientific workpublished in the journal World of Science, which conducted a meta-analysis of 12 publications exploring the “psychoanalytic hypothesis”, proves that the media argument “homophobia is hidden homosexuality” has no scientific basis.

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What is Wikipedia?

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Wikipedia is one of the most visited Internet sites, which presents itself as an "encyclopedia" and is accepted by many non-specialists as well as schoolchildren as an unquestioning source of truth. The site was launched in 2001 by an Alabama entrepreneur named Jimmy Wales. Before founding the Wikipedia site, Jimmy Wales created the Internet project Bomis, which distributed paid pornography, a fact that he diligently strives to remove from his biography (Hansen 2005; Schilling xnumx).

Many people think that Wikipedia is trustworthy because anyone can edit it, but in fact this website presents the point of view of its most persistent and regular editors, some of which (especially in the areas of social controversy) are activists seeking to influence public opinion. . Despite its official policy of neutrality, Wikipedia has a strong liberal bias and an openly leftist bias¹. In addition, Wikipedia is heavily influenced by paid public relations and reputation management professionals who remove any negative facts about their customers and present biased content. Although such paid editing is not allowed, Wikipedia does little to comply with its rules, especially for large donors.

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