tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post7362450719068739004..comments2024-03-27T08:40:31.785-06:00Comments on Clayton Cramer.: Assumptions and DataClayton Cramerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-6927669266030647242014-03-18T12:49:58.837-06:002014-03-18T12:49:58.837-06:00I suspect part of the willing blindness is because...I suspect part of the willing blindness is because of fear that one's power bloc would be diminished, much like the deaf lobby is opposed to training in lip reading and research into operations that cure deafness as opposed to sign language classes. <br />Windy Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01951254236693386401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-62566025932153190662014-03-18T12:00:28.600-06:002014-03-18T12:00:28.600-06:00There is no question in my mind that some people c...There is no question in my mind that some people can be reoriented. I used to go to church with a guy who reoriented from gay to straight more than twenty years ago. Before recanting his heresy, Professor Spitzer published a paper that found that about half of homosexuals who attempted reorientation were successful. (Of course, these were the ones who were strongly motivated to try, and might not be typical of homosexuals in general for that reason.)<br /><br />I really would not use the term "recruit." That implies a conscious, intentional effort by homosexuals to make more little homosexuals. Nearly all of the childhood sexual abuse of little girls is by adult men who are heterosexual. Even the abuse of boys by men is, I suspect, not done with an intent to make someone homosexual, but an attempt by a adult man who was abused as a child to be in control. Worse, many abusers imagine that the victim wants it. Clayton Cramerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03258083387204776812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-6275282758348945852014-03-18T10:52:52.971-06:002014-03-18T10:52:52.971-06:00If homosexual orientation/behavior is in some part...If homosexual orientation/behavior is in some part a reaction to childhood sexual abuse, that simultaneously weakens the ‘born this way’ theory and strengthens the case that reorientation, if desired by the individual, might be not just be possible but an appropriate response.<br /><br />Such studies could be used as evidence that homosexuals recruit. This maybe an assumption unsupported by actual data but I can see people being afraid excerpts would be used this way.<br />Christopher Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00396671757183163171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2807403883562053852.post-78173532129398717892014-03-18T08:33:07.580-06:002014-03-18T08:33:07.580-06:00"Why is there this nearly Oedipus-like desire..."Why is there this nearly Oedipus-like desire to be blind to this as a research direction to investigate?"<br /><br />Because it would hurt someones feelings.Bullitt315https://www.blogger.com/profile/02614321249181220747noreply@blogger.com