Sexologist Joseph Nicolosi, in his book, challenges the current cultural belief that every person is free to choose their sexual orientation.
Joseph Nicolosi, a sexologist and psychologist, in his book challenges the current cultural belief that every person is free to choose their sexual orientation. He believes that homosexuality is not the result of free choice or genetic predetermination, but of upbringing. In his opinion, family relationships do not allow a little boy or girl to identify with a parent of the same gender. «However, parents will never say, ‘We don’t care if our child grows up homosexual or heterosexual.’ They will choose to do everything in their power to ensure that their son or daughter never enters the path of homosexuality,” says Joseph Nicolosi. The author analyzes in detail the types of family interaction that, in his opinion, affect sexual orientation.
It is worth noting that Russian psychiatric science is guided by the provisions of the international classification of diseases ICD-10, which does not consider homosexuality as a deviation from the norm. And conversion therapy, of which Nicholsey was an adherent, causes a lot of controversy among modern psychologists.
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