Same Sex Attraction

 Hey everyone, it’s your boy here to tell you about what I learned in class this week. Now the subject that I am going to be talking in this blog here is a touchy subject for some. But I hope that if you read this that you keep an open mind and know that I will be sharing my sources on how I came by this information. Now I am going to talk about same sex attraction for my blog today. And what I want to go over is some factors that can play on someone having same gender attraction. And I will be busting a Myth which is what most people have told why those people have those feelings. The myth which you may have heard from people can be “oh that person is Gay, why because they were born like that”. I just want to let everyone know that is not the case. In A video called “Understanding Same-Sex Attraction”. They go over many factors that get a person to have same gender attraction. In the first few minutes Dr. joseph Nicolosi, A clinical psychologist says that there are no proof that someone will have same gender attraction because of biology or genetics. He said that it is more likely for a child at a young age to have factors play in to developing same gender attraction. He even says that the relationship with the parents have a very big impact on their sexual orientation. Now this doctor isn’t the only one to say that. Another Doctor names Dean Byrd another Clinical doctor goes on to say that the American Phycological Association (APA) had used to say that same gender attraction was something that had to do with biology. Now they have changed that statement that it’s a mix of nature and nurture but it's still a complex phenomenon. From what we have gathered here we see that not one but two sources that same gender attraction is not something that you just happened to draw in this sense, the short end in the stick. Its more complicated than that. Many potential factors were wounded gender identity. That they weren’t seen as masculine enough. One of the men, named Stephen, in the video described it as “when I feel inferior or not manly enough”. Dr Joseph Nicolosi goes to explain that when the boy come in his teens that his desire to have male connection. That those feeling grow into and become eroticized. Another potential factor that plays into someone having homosexual feelings is bullying. Floyd Godfrey says that the boy being bullied might detach from the other boys because he doesn’t feel safe with them. Many of the men in the video expressed having brothers or boys that were mean and made them feel less manly. Another potential factor is wanting a relationship with their father or father figure. Another factor that they said played a role was mother confusion. Meaning that if a mother is bossy or authoritarian that makes the father seem insignificant and that men are weak. This can affect how a boy perceives things and his identity. An additional factor is inappropriate touching meaning they were sexually abused in their life. Something that is equally harmful is lack of touch meaning that they didn’t get to have a healthy hug. The one where it you feel better and are comforted. Yeah, that type of hug not the weird inappropriate hug. That can be devastating to someone if they don’t get that sort of treatment in their life. Additional factor is destructive pornography. That it led them to have feelings and ideas that weren’t there before that lead them down the path to having same sex attraction. All these play a major role in someone’s life especially when someone is young. Well, I hope that you learn something from what I learned this week. Now the video goes further with this, but I find that I have given you all what I wanted you to get from my blog. Here’s the link if you want to watch the video. Understanding Same-Sex Attraction - YouTube