Comments on: Ban on Conversion Therapy for Minors Upheld in California https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:37 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Warren https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/#comment-87877 Wed, 30 May 2018 19:14:37 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15155#comment-87877 In reply to Tom Van Dyke.

Tom – Can you give some examples of medical folks playing long shots?

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/#comment-85743 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:57:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15155#comment-85743 Ann# ~ Sep 3, 2013 at 4:41 pm
“My question about this is – is there anything other than the individual awareness of spontaneous, and often, enduring attractions that make up a sexual identity? ”
You keep using the word “spontaneous”, why? Nothing I have talked about is spontaneous”, certainly not identity. Our various identities (man, woman, white, african-american, asian, latino, american, mexican, gay, straight, bi, conservative, liberal, pro-life, pro-choice, vegan, vegatarian and countless others) are things we develop as we grow, they don’t just suddenly happen.
“when do most individuals take this awareness and determine it is an identity rather than a part of themselves?”
I have know idea when “most” people realize their sexual identity. Some will realize what their orientation is as teenagers, others not until decades later, and others as pre-teens.

]]> By: Ann https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/#comment-85744 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:57:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15155#comment-85744 You keep using the word “spontaneous”, why?
It is a word that Dr. Throckmorton has used and it made sense to me. Spontaneous is something that comes to us suddenly and is not planned. Enduring is that they do not go away. The question I posed to you was whether these spontaneous and enduring attractions (same sex or opposite sex) make a sexual identity or is something else?

]]> By: ken https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/#comment-85747 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:57:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15155#comment-85747 Ann# ~ Sep 3, 2013 at 7:51 pm
” Parents who give their children the benefit of therapy to understand their feelings and help put them into perspective, I feel is a very responsible and loving thing to do.”
the law in question has nothing to do with that sort of therapy.

]]> By: Ann https://wthrockmorton.com/2013/08/29/ban-on-conversion-therapy-for-minors-upheld-in-california/#comment-85745 Wed, 30 May 2018 18:57:17 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com/?p=15155#comment-85745 A child can have a father who does not fit the stereotypical manly man type of father.
SGM,
Can you describe the manly man type of father?

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