Paper # 3 – The Decision To Be Gay
October 27, 2008To be a gay is a decision. For instance, according to Dr. Paulo Rodrigues, Psicologist of PUC/SP, there are many nature factors that lead our behavior and our choices regarding sexual preferences. He says that if a girl is raised in a home where the father figure is a menace, due to a violent behavior, for example, an alcholic father that spanks his wife and children when he is drunk, there is almost a hundred percent of chance that this girl will deny the man figure as an attractive sexual element, at the same time that she will develop a different attraction to woman, and this can transform into a sexual attraction. Dr. Paulo has a lot of examples collected during his research that show lesbians that had serious problems with their father figures. The most interesting of them is a girl from the country side of São Paulo: she was thirteen years old, and her father was the principal of the city. Due to a mental desease, he had a kind of double personality so, when he was in home, he became extremely violent, without an appearent reason. In order to not jeopardize his career, his family decided to hide this, and the girl was raised with the two personalities of her father, and the consequence was that she completely denied the father figure, meaning the lost of sexual attraction to the male figure and the start of sexual interesting in girls. Dr. Paulo points out that this is one of the reasons that can lead or not to a lesbian behavior. According to him, the other consequences are that she could be keep interested in man but have difficulties to have a relashionship. Or simply live without a sexual attraction direction.
To be a gay is a decision (A decision to do what? Your topic sentence is supposed to be a bit more precise and specific than this one). For instance, according to Dr. Paulo Rodrigues, Psychologist of PUC/SP, there are many nature factors that make up our behavior and our choices regarding sexual preferences. He says that if a girl is raised in a home where the father figure is a menace, due to violent behavior, (Roberta, as a reader, I am getting lost with your phrases breaking your original thought. Maybe it would be a better idea for you to end a thought first before starting another.) For example, an alcholic father that spanks his wife and children when he is drunk, has almost a hundred percent of chance that this girl will deny the man figure as an attractive sexual element (Strange sentence construction. See who is doing what as far as the actions go in your sentence.)At the same time that she will develop a different attraction to woman, and this can transform into a sexual attraction. Dr. Paulo has a lot of examples collected during his research that show lesbians that had serious problems with their father figures. The most interesting of them is a girl from the country side of São Paulo: she was thirteen years old, and her father was the city mayor. Due to a mental disease, he had a kind of double personality so, when he was home, he became extremely violent, without any appearent reason. In order to not jeopardize his career, his family decided to hide this behavior, and the girl was raised under her father’s double personalities. As a consequence, she completely denied the father figure, losing sexual attraction to the male figures and the start of sexual interest in girls. Dr. Paulo points out that this is one of the reasons that can lead or not to a lesbian behavior. According to him, the other consequences are that she could be keep an interest in man but have difficulties to have a relationship. Or simply live without any sexual attraction direction.
Roberta,
Are you arguing that homosexuality is a disease? You have to be careful with who your audience is because most people today would not regard homosexuality as a disease any longer.
Rick
Comment:
). Dr. Paulo points out that this is one of the reasons that can lead or not to a lesbian behavior. According to him, the other consequences are that she could remain interested in man but have difficulties to have a relashionship. Or simply live without any sexual attraction.
To be a gay is a decision (What do you mean by ” a decision”? A decision to be made, or that has already been made? And by whom?). For instance, according to Dr. Paulo Rodrigues, Psicologist of PUC/SP, there are many nature (natural) factors that lead our behavior and our choices regarding sexual preferences. He says that if a girl is raised in a home where the father figure is a menace, due to a violent behavior, for example, an alcholic father that spanks his wife and children when he is drunk, there is almost a hundred percent chance that this girl will deny the man figure as an attractive sexual element, at the same time that she will develop a different attraction to woman, and this (this what?) can transform into sexual attraction (So, are you suggesting that homosexuality is caused by the environment that these people live in?) Dr. Paulo has a lot of examples collected during his research that show lesbians that had serious problems with their father figures. The most
interesting of them is a girl from the country side of São Paulo: she was thirteen years old, and her father was the principal (mayor) of the city. Due to a mental desease, he had a kind of double personality so, when he was home, he became extremely violent, without any appearent reason. In order not to jeopardize his career, his family decided to hide this (this what?), and the girl was raised with the two personalities of her father, and the consequence was that she completely denied the father figure, meaning the lost of sexual attraction to the male figure and the start of sexual interest in girls (I didn’t really understand your story
Roberta,
What about lesbians who did not have this horrible background? How does this doctor justify their homosexuality? Also, you have been addressing the topic of homosexuality as if it were a disease. Is it?
Rick