Correction: Oh, I left a magazine at his house the last time I was there.
I seem to be missing a couple issues of Men's Workout, so it may have been that. Maybe Muscle & Fitness. Just not sure.
Yep. Something like that.
Posted on 12/31/2008 12:26:18 AM PST by CE2949BB
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29, 2008 - For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between family rejection of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and negative health outcomes in early adulthood. The findings will be published in the January issue of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in a peer-reviewed article entitled "Family Rejection as a Predictor of Negative Health Outcomes in White and Latino Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Young Adults."
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Or the alternative hypothesis, that the state sponsored re-education of our youth to the homosexual lifestyle is actually harmful and endangers our children.
It’s in everyone’s interest to prevent this. It’s the gays cruelly rejected by their parents who grow up determined to take revenge on the world at large.
With the results you have seen recently.
Not exactly sure what you’re getting at.
If you’re saying that gays who are rejected by their families tend to go off the deep-end in “moral” areas (anti-religion, drug use, etc.), then I agree. They are often searching for the same sense of community that they once had, so they’ll find it even if it’s to their detriment.
While a lot of gays are religious, it is also true that a lot of them are agnostics/atheists. However, those same gays will often believe in OTHER supernatural/paranormal things, including the concept of good/evil spirits (or some equivalent to the force or something equally as nebulous), so it’s generally not a rejection of faith and belief like pure atheism. It’s a reaction to their childhood.
As for drugs, gay culture is quite bad in that regard. There is simply no denying it. Hard drugs are very common. It’s just one of the many unsafe, depressing, and frankly, disgusting, parts of gay culture.
Gay activists would be wise to reject the parts of the culture that are not healthy , but they don’t, because many of them live it every day.
Ah, nevermind, just reread your post and its point is clear (though I’m not sure of its relevance to this thread). Not sure what I was thinking before I typed my long reply.
Take care.
Well, yes to all of that.
“They” will insist their destructive behavior is all society’s fault for not clasping them to our collective bosom.
The health statistics are unbelievable. I think some study put it at 24 years shorter lifespan (AIDS, drugs, booze, suicide, and of course, partner violence). Extreme, off-the-charts, shallow narcissism/hedonism, maniacal sexual compulsion, the list goes on.
The schizophrenic nature of the culture is well-limned in their own publications; which proclaim their sainted martyrdom and pious yearning for marriage and family while while reveling in ads and articles for all manner of hookups, sex tours, nightclubs, circuit parties and sex toys.
“The health statistics are unbelievable. I think some study put it at 24 years shorter lifespan (AIDS, drugs, booze, suicide, and of course, partner violence). Extreme, off-the-charts, shallow narcissism/hedonism, maniacal sexual compulsion, the list goes on.”
OK...
So, what’s your suggestion to the parent of a gay child?
One of my nephews is probably going to turn out gay.
He’s in his early teens, not very outgoing and not interested in girls (even when he was alone with one in his basement... he didn’t try anything!!).
Maybe he’s just a late bloomer, but... every adult, including myself, that knows him suspects he’s going to come screaming out of the closet... sooner or later.
Since he lives in the South and I live in California, I don’t get to spend as much time with him as I’d like. When I do, I treat him just like my other nephew.
It can get a little awkward for me, since I don’t want to do anything that may push him even further into “gaydom” (yes, I know it’s irrational, but it’s something I fear), but that’s my problem.
He’s a good kid and I’ll still love him.
There’s always the Men’s Health test. Give him a copy as a loaner. If it’s returned to you with its pages stuck together, you have your answer.
Oh, I left a magazine at his house the last time it was there.
It was a hardcore bodybuilding magazine.... Very few, if any, women.
I never saw it again.
Holy.. I was kidding, LOL.
Are you a bodybuilder then?
Correction: Oh, I left a magazine at his house the last time I was there.
I seem to be missing a couple issues of Men's Workout, so it may have been that. Maybe Muscle & Fitness. Just not sure.
Yep. Something like that.
lol. Not at all. I haven't touched a weight in almost six months.
I did train for a couple years, but... eh... just got tired of it.
Oh, you cruel, cruel man.
BTW, my impression has always been that Muscle and Fitness was for bodybuilders and Men’s Workout was more for guys who liked to work out and get somewhat buff, but not to the bodybuilder level. Correct or no?
It has been a while since I’ve seriously read any workout mag, but you’re pretty much right. M&F is more ‘hardcore’ and MW is more for guys that want to look hot.
Growing up in San Francisco has given me a (fairly) accurate gaydar and I’d say MW has a lot more gay guys.
The copy of MW that I have next to me, for example, has full page ads for VistaVideo and MuscleWeb.
Yeah, my memory of my early-to-mid teen years recalls MW being that way. I think there was another one sort of like it in that sense, but can’t remember the name. Of course, the copies I’d convince one of my grandparents to pick up at the store were strictly for workout research purposes.
Speaking of the term 'peer-reviewed'......when you're a quack, it's not hard to find other quacks to agree with you...just ask anybody that works in the MSM.
Well, I'm sure you worked up a sweat. Every little bit of cardio is good for the heart. ;)
Accept me or I will rebel... This is a new concept, how?
Getting rejected by your family is traumatic.
I’d probably off myself if my family ever rejected me. I mean, you know, truly rejected me over something I couldn’t change.
My family is my single greatest source of strength.
I’ll be a mess when my folks die!
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