(57) Excessive mother love stunted children's sexual development, according to Floyd Dell, the author of Love in the Machine Age [1930] and was a major contributor to the modern problem of
homosexuality. (58) And mothers were most certainly the culprits when it came to the making of sissies, an idea that was clarified in an article for the Ladies Home Journal entitled "Mothers Make Sissies" [1938].
China became much more anti-gay under Marxist influences: The Marxist line was that
homosexuality was counterrevolutionary, a product of capitalism that would disappear when economic conditions changed, My partner is a Cuban who lived there when Castro came to power and saw many gay men taken away to concentration camps.
Some will read this book as an argument for identity politics and its ideal of full representation, when artists can depict
homosexuality without dodges, shame, or scandal.
Less than two weeks after the Dobson criticism, Lott gave his assessment of
homosexuality on Williams' show.
Homosexuality had been illegal in Botswana since the late 1800s when the territory was under British rule.
Through comprehensive and intelligent discussion, Martin offers a frank assessment of Christian attitudes toward
homosexuality, intertwining his own story of theological wrestling, including his expulsion from the pulpit of his non-affirming church and his and his family's search for a new spiritual home.
"The assumption that
homosexuality is a result of disturbances in the family dynamic or unbalanced psychological development is based on wrong information."
According to the daily al-Akhbar on May 9, three other Moroccans from the northern town of Souq al-Arbaa recently received three years in prison for
homosexuality.
Previous researchers have suggested that individuals with higher education levels seem to be more rational, tolerant, and understanding towards
homosexuality. As shown in the survey by Li (2008), the Chinese public's acceptance of
homosexuality is increasing, and younger, unmarried, and better educated Chinese with higher social status and higher incomes and those who live in more prosperous cities have more tolerant attitudes.
In this volume Brent Pickett accomplishes his goal of giving readers a social and historical context for terms related to the study of
homosexuality. The book is "both an encyclopedia and a dictionary" (p.
Is
homosexuality a choice or a biological imperative?
Thus far, scientific investigation into the causes of
homosexuality has been scant and underfunded, though not because the issue is uninteresting.