Conversion therapy & overcoming homosexuality

Conversion therapy est un concept trouvé aux États-Unis (où ailleurs?...) qui est une forme de thérapie visant à "réparer" (d'où son autre nom, reparative therapy) l'orientation sexuelle des gens qui ont une orientation sexuelle autre que "hétérosexuelle".

Tout cela est basé sur l'hypothèse que l'homosexualité est un trouble mental ou que la personne devrait changer son orientation sexuelle (tout simplement).

Comment s'y prendre?

Techniques that have been used include behavior modification, aversion therapy, psychoanalysis, primal therapy, EMDR, reparative therapy, hysterectomy, ovariectomy, clitoridectomy, castration, vasectomy, pudic nerve section, lobotomy, hormone treatment, pharmacologic shock treatment, treatment with sexual stimultants and depressants, the reduction of aversion to heterosexuality, electroshock treatment, group therapy, and hypnosis.

Croyez-le ou non, ils n'ont pas encore trouvé de remède à cette maladie mentale et/ou ce choix de vivre en homosexuel (lisez l'ironie s'il vous plaît).

Dans la section behavioral modification, on retrouve ceci:

Practitioners who view homosexuality as learned behavior may adopt behavioral modification techniques. These may include masturbatory reconditioning, visualization, and social skills training. The most radical involve electroconvulsive therapy, a form of aversion therapy.

Excellent... masturbez-vous en pensant à quelqu'un du sexe opposé et vous "guérirez".


Je citerai une dernière chose de l'article, ce qui ouvre la porte au coeur du sujet de ce soir:

Mainstream medical organizations do not accept the anecdotal evidence offered by conversion therapists for several reasons. [...] These include the fact that the results [...] are reliant upon the subjects' own self-reported outcomes or on evaluations by therapists which may be subject to social desirability bias, that the evidence is gathered over short periods of time and there is little follow-up data to determine whether the therapy was effective over the long-term, that the evidence does not demonstrate a change in sexual orientation but merely a reduction in same-sex behavior, [...] that subjects may be bisexual and have simply been convinced to restrict their sexual activity to the opposite sex, that conversion therapists falsely assume that homosexuality is a mental disorder, and that their research focuses almost exclusively on gay men and rarely includes lesbians.

Conversion therapy based on psychoanalytic techniques has become a largely marginalized practice as a result of these views. The most high-profile contemporary purveyors of conversion therapy tend to be religious organizations.

Si vous êtes intéressés à en lire plus, allez voir l'article appelé Conversion therapy sur Wikipedia. Vous pourriez peut-être être intéressés à lire Ex-gay aussi.



Overcoming homosexuality, a complete biblical and testimonial proof that overcoming homosexuality is possible and desirable est le titre que j'ai donné à l'article appelé Overcoming homosexuality qui se trouve nulle part ailleurs que sur Conservapedia (Dieu que je les adore ces gens-là).

Comme le titre personnalisé le suggère, la preuve est faite essentiellement à l'aide de deux outils extrêmement puissants:

• En citant, dans la Bible, des passages clé où on dit clairement qu'on peut être guéri;
• En utilisant des témoignages de gens qui sont maintenant guéris [grâce à leur christianisme].

Une autre chose que j'ai aperçue et qui est fantastique est une sorte d'argument homme de paille mais modifié. En fait, ce qu'ils font c'est dire que l'homosexualité peut être guérie comme la dépendance à la drogue, et après ils s'acharnent à prouver que le christianisme permet de guérir la dépendance à la drogue, pas l'homosexualité (apparemment, prouver l'un prouve l'autre). J'ai vraiment adoré cette partie-là.

Chose drôle aussi: l'article a très peu de contenu. En fait, les trois premières sections sont des testimonials. Les quatrième et cinquième sections parlent de l'opinion de deux organismes quant à la possibilité de guérir l'homosexualité. S'ensuit une propagande contre une chaîne de télévision qui aurait "trompé" son public lors de la présentation d'une entrevue avec un "ex-gay".

L'article se termine avec la section Criticism, qui se lit complètement comme suit:

Some people who claimed to have overcome homosexuality have reverted back or continued to dabble in aspects of the homosexual lifestyle. However, the same can be said of any sin. For example, people with illegal drug use problems who leave that lifestyle can later relapse and start taking illegal drugs again.

Voici quelques perles tirées de l'article de Conservapedia:

Overcoming homosexuality is definitely possible for those who wish to abandon homosexuality, and the testimonies of ex-homosexuals attest to this matter. Today people still report overcoming homosexuality and becoming heterosexuals or celibate through their Christian faith. In 1980, a study was published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and eleven men participated in this study. The aforementioned study stated that eleven homosexual men became heterosexuals "without explicit treatment and/or long-term psychotherapy" through their participation in a Pentecostal church.

Many people do not understand the causes of homosexuality so they mistakenly believe that overcoming homosexuality is not an available option. However, the the [sic.] Apostle Paul offered great hope to those who wish to overcome homosexuality when he wrote the following: [citation de la Bible]

Then came a breakthrough during a retreat in February, 1989. "You have believed a lie", God told me, "but I'm going to change your name". From now on, He showed me, I was to be called "woman". This was God's intention for me from my conception.

In faith I received my new name. Almost immediately I felt a weight fall away from me. In amazement, I looked around at the other women. No longer did I feel distanced from them; we were united by a common bond in Jesus Christ.

Et finalement, ma préférée, preuve par science pure et dure:

If homosexual behavior were thought to be inborn, Scripture would not have said, "Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another." (Romans 1:26-27). The clear implication is that the homosexual acts were deliberate choices.