Message from @SpanishAbbey
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my bad. Got distracted at work. lol
Lol
Same
A few decades ago, wasn't homosexuality viewed as a mental disorder?
yes
If so, why? and why has that changed now?
Well
What is the difference between a mental disorder and a human trait
It seems like, at least with the trans and gender bending movement, political persuasion plays a significant role in our scientific and medical research and may have or is perverting our findings and how we proceed as a species.
With the body, you could argue women's cellulite is a disorder, but since about 80% of women get it, it could be described as a secondary sex characteristic
@SpanishAbbey good point. idk.
but cellulite or anything physical has an evolutionary purpose
Again, it comes down to how you make the distinction
Evolution and purpose don't go together
So does homosexuality
Not for the person himself though, more to his sister
Mental things are also evolutionary traits. You can't separate the body and mind so easily
mind or brain? or both?
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Both
I would make that assumption as well.
At what point do we decide something needs to cured?
Who makes that dee
Decision
I dont think homosexuality needs to be "cured" btw, just to make that clear lol
BTW: homosexuality in China wasn't viewed as something horrendous up until the 18th century
Or 19
I have more webbing between my fingers than most. At what point do I need to cure that
Or negative in general
So this highlights my concern (or maybe curiosity) about this issue.
Is how we categorize mental disorders, diseases, abnormalities, etc. socially determined and defined or scientifically?
or are those two categorizations not mutually exclusive?
A lot of basic human traits have been incorrectly made pathological
i.e. California no longer mandating divulging your HIV to a sexual partner (if I'm referencing that properly) in order to reduce the stigma associated with having HIV...
I don't think they are mutually exclusive
HIV is a horrible virus
In relation to extra hand-webbing: I'd say that when something impedes normal functions is the line you could draw. If they don't negatively impact your manual dexterity it's nothing to worry about. But if they do, it's something to be concerned of.
Though perhaps by this same logic, since homosexuality doesn't produce offspring and is therefore a dead end, it would be classified as a disorder of some sort.
Promiscuity is pathological.
Does California's updated legislation suggest it's not "horrible", @Dostayer ?
It's stupid not to inform your partner, especially when PReP is so common