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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: E who wrote (74503)	9/11/2003 6:05:40 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

"They used to "blame" parents for autism, Jewel. Something to do with messages they were sending their child, you know." It was similar to the wrongful blame on homosexuality. The mother was too oppressive and domineering, causing the kid to break down. I have no clue why people become gay. The only observation that I have been able to make is that there isn't one explanation including that it is genetic. I may have implicated J's parents by the story about my relative. oops...that wasn't fair. But at the same time I view most little three year olds as totally asexual beings totally liking the same things. I have seen little kids that seemed prissy as 3 year olds that turned out butch as adults and vice versa. The interactions they get from others are often different, and that helps to explain some of it but not all. Definitely, hormone levels can range wildly from one kid to another, as they do in adults. I just found it odd that people ID'd a kid's sexual orientation at 3. This is not about your relatives, it is about me. I have a suspicion that there is a phenonmena that is real and it is the abnormal fear of being seen as homophobic. We were joking about it last week. Do you think people over compensate to the point where they encourage things that are counter to their own standards and practices out of a fear of having the homophobe finger pointed at them?