On the contrary, many other groups have higher rates of depression and today no one would claim it’s because they are the “lesser sex” or an “inferior race” or something similiar. For example, there are quite a few studies that say that, in the United States, women are about as twice as likely as men to be diagnosed and treated for major depression. And there are a couple studies that say that whites have significantly higher rates of depression than African-americans or Mexican-americans?
I mean, it seems like you’re fishing, you know?
The problem with your analogy – your are trying compare two innate characteristics sex (i.e. being male or female), and race (i.e. being white, black, Asian, Native American, etc.) with behavior (i.e. homosexuality.) this makes your rebuttal meaningless.
Now if want to compare homosexual persons mental health with adulterers, or perhaps prostitutes, or rapist, or compulsive gamblers, and etc, well I think you get my drift.
Though same sex attraction may be well bedding and deep seated within a person, that in itself might be a symptom of poor mental health as a result being a victim of childhood sexual abuse, childhood neglect or psychological abuse by parents or parent, broken home, child of alcoholic or drug abuser or any number of other factors. People try to learn to cope in many different situations by escaping into many compulsive behaviors from alcohol and drug abuse, sexual addiction, co-dependency, love relationship addictions/disorders, eating disorders, and etc… Many that suffer with different compulsive behaviors appear to living well balanced lives to most of the people around them, i.e. co-workers and casual friends, even become successful in academics, business, and other vocations. most have problems that are compounded, more then one behavioral disorder. For instance a person that is a co-dependant might also have an eating disorder and suffer higher levels of depression then one that has sexual addiction to pornography. Well my point is people don’t have behavior problems just because they are black or white, male or female, for these are something people are **definitely **born with. Behavior disorders have other factors that push them and some are very complex such as homosexual sexual behavior. To me it doesn’t surprise me that persons that act out on SSA have higher rates of depression and alcoholism, etc. for I would expect that out of persons that were adulterers, or prostitutes, or porn addicts, or any other person that acted out compulsively on their sexual urges in a immoral manner. But of course prostitutes are probably more of a victim then the others with being manipulated into their behavior by threat, or force.
They are trying to find out why some people are possibly pre-dispossed to certain destructive behavoirs, but it appears there is always enviormental factors that go along with disorder behavoir, or very complex mental disorder. Though I have known a couple of homosexuals that were schizophrenic I’m not ready to put all homosexuals in that same class of mental/physological disorder, but as with all compulsive behavoirs homosexuality (unlike schizophrenia) can be controlled by the person with SSA by making a right choice of not acting out on thier compulsion or attraction.
Homosexaul behavoir is just that a very complex behavoir problem, persons that have SSA have different levels of deep seated attraction and compulsions. Those that act out on it more often will find themselves less likely to resist the behavoir, but no matter what the cause, or how hard people try to normalize the behavoir it is still disorder and creates more harm when acted upon then when resisted.
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