f.sciarrillo wrote:
I agree with the Psycho dynamic approach as to being gay is a choice, not natural.
Unfortunately, much of the basis on psychodynamics isn't empirically sound and generally is out of vogue with mainstream psychology. The Neo Freudians have changed a lot of the tenets of psychodynamics to fit with a more comtemporary view, but they generally still fall short on offering hard evidence for their tenets. Psychodynamics has gone more the way of clinical psychology rather than research psychology anyways, so perhaps it's a moot point. Homosexaulity was considered a pathology in the
DSM-III but was taken out of the
DSM-IV. Some say it was a political move on part of the APA. However, this stuff ain't quite as objective as physics or chemistry. Deviant behavior is defined in the context of what mainstream society deems unacceptable. What is deviant in North America may be perfectly accetable in Africa.
The truth is that the issue of homosexuality probably lies somewhere in between psychodynamic, evolutionary, social, cognitive, developmental, and behavioral psychology.
"He's the electric horseman, you better back off!" - old sKool making a reference to the culturally relevant 1979 film.
