CAUSING???? What the hell! Causing is such a ridiculous word. I would like to cause my foot to be lodged in Sigmund Freud's ass. We don't know what "causes" homosexuality, just like we don't know what causes heterosexuality. Who the hell cares what causes it, it exists, we need to figure out how to COEXIST!
"Psychological and social theories
Early childhood seems to be the critical period in which sexual orientation forms, suggesting that learning plays a part in causing homosexuality. Freudians have traditionally held that homosexuality is rooted in early childhood developmental conflicts, particularly the Oedipal conflict. Freudians believe homosexuality develops in response to troubled family relationships, an overly affectionate and dominant mother and a passive father, and/or the loss of one or both parents. However, these theories cannot explain why homosexuality occurs in individuals not coming from these types of families.
More recently, researchers have proposed that social-learning factors may be account for homosexuality. The sexual preference may develop when a child engages in early cross-gender behaviors (behaviors stereotypical of the other sex) or when a teenager's sexual drive emerges during a period of primarily same-gender.
Interactional theories
Proponents of the interactional theory of homosexuality allege that sexual orientation develops from a complex interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors. John Money explains that prenatal hormones first act on the embryo's and fetus's brain, which creates a physiological predisposition toward a particular sexual orientation. During early childhood, social-learning factors influence the child, either facilitating or inhibiting the predisposition."
Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Psychology. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Rabbit Rabbit
Happy first day of Joo lie!
In the second grade Mrs. Garger told us that the first thing you should say when you wake up on the first day of the month is "rabbit rabbit." That way you'll have a spectacular month. I try to have it be the first thing I say, or at least one of the first things I say. All in all the months have varied between abbhorent and fabulous between the ages of 7 and 19.
So I'm thinking about book ideas, about stuff to write about, and I think I'm on to something.
I think I'm going to write about a completely normal college student, perfectly harmless, well on her way to getting her degree, a steady job, and a pretty little family. And then suddenly strange things start happening on her campus. Things disappear, increasing in importance as the book progresses. And then people start to disappear. And then people turn up dead.
No one suspects the completely normal college student. And then she graduates, finds a steady job, starts to raise a pretty little family, and everything goes back to the way it was.
I'm still working out the kinks. Basically it's a murder mystery/psychological thriller.
I want to write something to wake people the hell up. There is something seriously wrong with the mental health of the young people in this world, particularly in this country. I'm only 19, I can't counsel people illegally and I don't know enough to do it effectively, but some day I want to help make things better for the mentally ill.
That's why I'm an English/psychology double major.
In the second grade Mrs. Garger told us that the first thing you should say when you wake up on the first day of the month is "rabbit rabbit." That way you'll have a spectacular month. I try to have it be the first thing I say, or at least one of the first things I say. All in all the months have varied between abbhorent and fabulous between the ages of 7 and 19.
So I'm thinking about book ideas, about stuff to write about, and I think I'm on to something.
I think I'm going to write about a completely normal college student, perfectly harmless, well on her way to getting her degree, a steady job, and a pretty little family. And then suddenly strange things start happening on her campus. Things disappear, increasing in importance as the book progresses. And then people start to disappear. And then people turn up dead.
No one suspects the completely normal college student. And then she graduates, finds a steady job, starts to raise a pretty little family, and everything goes back to the way it was.
I'm still working out the kinks. Basically it's a murder mystery/psychological thriller.
I want to write something to wake people the hell up. There is something seriously wrong with the mental health of the young people in this world, particularly in this country. I'm only 19, I can't counsel people illegally and I don't know enough to do it effectively, but some day I want to help make things better for the mentally ill.
That's why I'm an English/psychology double major.
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