Wednesday, August 10, 2005

"Prehomosexuality"

This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time (sorry, Fafblog!). Professional homophobe Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family offers insights into how you can identify the sign of impending homosexuality ("Prehomosexulaity") in your child and what you can do to stop it.

At one point the good doctor quotes a fellow guardian against gays, Joseph Nicolosi, who is working on a book called Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Dobson says Nicolosi "the foremost authority on the prevention and treatment of homosexuality today". In his soon to be released publication, Nicolosi tells us dads what we can do te keep our boys from becoming flamers. Dads, take note:
Meanwhile, the boy's father has to do his part. He needs to mirror and affirm his son's maleness. He can play rough-and-tumble games with his son, in ways that are decidedly different from the games he would play with a little girl. He can help his son learn to throw and catch a ball. He can teach him to pound a square wooden peg into a square hole in a pegboard. He can even take his son with him into the shower, where the boy cannot help but notice that Dad has a penis, just like his, only bigger.
Hmmm...taking an interest other guys penises prevents one from becoming a homo? Who knew.
This is good news too:
But make no mistake. A boy can be sensitive, kind, social, artistic, gentle—and be heterosexual. He can be an artist, an actor, a dancer, a cook, a musician—and heterosexual. These innate artistic skills are "who he is," part of the wonderful range of human abilities, and there's no reason to discourage them. But they can all be developed within the context of normal heterosexual manhood.
So see, we can have all these things without all that icky gayness. I notice Nicolosi doesn't mention interior decorators or hairdressers. I guess there really is no way not to be gay and be good at those things.

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