| Description |
280 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Gay science Neither scientific nor democratic Who says? : and why? Is homosexuality desirable? : Brute facts Finding a needle in the ocean Two of a kind A cluster of influences The gay gene? -- Straight mores Wired to be free? The devil's bargain The unnatural natural To treat or not to treat Secular treatments Christian treatments Homosexuality and Judaism Putting the pieces together The pagan revolution |
| Summary |
"What does science really say? Psychiatrist Jeffrey Satinover examines what is reported in the popular press. Much of the research is flawed and most of it says that homosexuality is changeable: nobody is just "born that way". The model that Dr. Satinover develops is based on modern science and psychological understandings of habit, compulsion, and addiction. Homosexuality, he writes, "is but one of the many forms of 'soul sickness' that are innate to our fallen natures." ...." [from back cover] |
| Notes |
"A Hamewith book." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-271) and index |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- United States.
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Homosexuality -- Religious aspects.
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Homosexuality -- United States -- Religious aspects.
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Homosexuality -- United States.
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| LC no. |
95035839 |
| ISBN |
080105625X (paperback) |
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