>In a message dated 3/7/00 9:07:52 AM Dateline Standard Time,
>hadley@reliant.yxi.com writes:
>
><< Although this is obviously a parody, the point begin attempted
> seems to be severely undermined as soon as one realizes that
> homophobia is very likely a subcategory of a larger human tendency
> - xenophobia - which, despite probable genetic basis, is still
> successfully treated by educational approaches. Homosexuality,
> on the other hand, is not so easily "fixed" and programs to
> "convert" homosexuals often fail spectacularly. Thus, the parody
> fails on a key difference.>>
Mike:
>Please cite the scientific studies that show homophobia to be successfulyl
>treated by "educational approaches."
I doubt there are such scientific studies. However, when I talk to really
homophobic men (and it's nearly always men) they have a very bizzare and
unrealistic idea of what homosexuality actually is. I think it's not way
out of line to think a bit of education might reduce their fears.
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
--Albert Camus
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