Posted on 05/25/2011 3:20:29 PM PDT by madmominct
I just have to vent to someone - I'm so angry!!!! I am doing a Masters in Counseling and currently have a class in Marriage and Family issues. The text is revoltingly biased - in which white, Christian, heterosexual males are usually to blame for everything. This particular unit is on "diverse" types of families - including gay, which the book portrays and just as good, if not better than heterosexual 2-parent families for children. I am so pissed off at the dismissive attitude the authors take toward those who have legitimate concerns about the long -term effects on children, referring to them as "heterosexist" and actually making such ludicrous statements as this: "The need for clarification of language is related to the generally accepted rigid, narrow, and erroneous construction of gender and sexual identity as biologically determined. The dominant culture holds the belief that biological sex determines gender identity, gender identity determines gender role, and gender role determines sexual orientation." How do you respond to such insanity and arrogance??
So I'm writing about the importance of mothers and fathers in childrens' lives and am finding that it's damned hard to find scholarly articles stating that two parents are important - it's amazing!! I have found some articles, but they are surprisingly few. Most current scholarship seems to indicate that there's no difference psychologically, emotionally or developmentally between kids raised by heterosexual parents and gay parents. I find this very hard to believe, and very suspicious about how much the researcher's political views figured into the outcomes. If anyone knows of any devastating and scholarly studies about this I would really appreciate it!!! Man, I do hate this text.
The book is called “The Expanded Family Life Cycle” by Monica McGoldrick, Better Carter and Nydia Garcia-Preto
What book is it?
The book is called “The Expanded Family Life Cycle” by Monica McGoldrick, Better Carter and Nydia Garcia-Preto
I'd bet a dollar to a doughnut that the authors are homosexuals, but of course, no bias there right?
Second on Robin of Berkely. Write to her, she most likely will write back if your letter is well written and interesting.
(MAJOR SARCASM ALERT!) We have it on good authority that the Boy Scouts are being pushed by Kevin Jennings to add this new and distinctive badge to the Scout program:
Marxists have control over the publishing companies and the ideologies allowed on college campuses. Buckley wrote about this tremendous unscholarly bias in God and Man at Yale in 1951. It has gotten much worse.
You control the textbooks and Universities and you control the ideas that are allowed.
The marxists, like Bill Ayers, have had complete control over allowed curricula for years. (Ben Stein’s movie—about ID vs. Darwinism proved that there was outright fascism at Universities which allowed only one way to think (Political Correctness is cultural Marxism). Professors who just questioned Darwinism (which, by the way, is only a theory) were fired, shunned and prevented from publishing and denied grants.
Same with Global Warming. Science magazines (peer-reviewed ones) published lies (hockey stick graphs) and fraudulent studies as fact for decades. (To control the thinking of the masses). They also have done the same on homosexuality. They have forced it off of the APA list of disorders for political reasons decades ago—not because of scientific proof. There is no science that says homosexuality is genetic—none. In fact, there is more proof that it is environmentally learned through twin studies, etc.
Homosexuality was redefined in the 70’s when the communist propaganda started in full force...to discredit Christianity and the Bible and destroy the natural family and marriage.
The fact is that even Kinsey (their perverted, evil god, venerated in the movies like the evil Milk) , declared that homosexuality was fluid, not genetic.
Pro-homosexual cultures have always existed....in Ancient Greece, it was custom for men to seduce young boys into their homosexual lifestyle. Where homosexuality is promoted, it becomes common. In fact, Greece and Rome would have to use incentives for young men to get married and they would have to discourage homosexuality at the marriageable age. Then after they had children, they could resume their use of boys which was preferred method since they were not the ones penetrated since they thought there was less dignity in that. Where homosexuality is promoted, heterosexuality was always denigrated, as are women.
An example of the environmental conditioning into homosexuality is Afghanistan today. Men routinely sodomize young boys and parade them around as status symbols. These young boys can’t wait until they can become men and own their own stable of boys. Pederasty is always a component of homosexuality since the sexual identity has to be perverted in youth. Hatred for women is also prevalent in homosexual societies.
It is why NAMBLA has the motto, if not by eight, then it is too late.
Free debate of ideas used to be the bedrock of the Universities. Now it is just a propaganda machine of brainwashing into only Marxist ideology because they tell you what you are allowed to think. They allow no freedom to question existing ideologies. (Marxism can’t hold up to debate since all their theories are so flawed—that is why PC exists...to stop all debate. All they do is name call if you disagree.
The destruction of the natural family comes directly from cultural Marxism. If you destroy the biological connections of families....you destroy the family—it becomes arbitrary and meaningless.
You pretend there is no design in nature and there is no Universal Laws or Natural Law Theory—then you can have man redesign mankind—they become god.
Marxists say that there is no design in nature (therefore, no God).
All biology and science proves this wrong. Biology creates woman for the purpose of having babies and they can not deny that, nor the biological changes in the body to create an attachment—more love and nurturing for one’s own offspring. It is why orphanages have always been considered evil places for children.
Genetics give meaning and connection to people that are profoundly important for happiness and a sense of meaning in life. It creates a genetic interest in the past and in the future and is a support system which will fight the intrusive state.
Last of all, the reason why the USA was so great is our legal system was based on the laws of nature and God’s laws—written into our Founding Documents. Marxists need to destroy the meaning of the Constitution. To do that they have to destroy the concept of God (He designed men and women for certain purpose) and that there are Universal Truths (like children have a natural right to a biological mother and father. These natural rights are inalienable and guaranteed in our Constitution).
Christianity and the Natural Family are anathema to Marx, since allegiance goes to God—not the State—and they understand dignity and worth of individuals, which means you can never kill off useless eaters. It also creates a society where parents show more love and concern for their own offspring—Marxists want all relationships to be equal. Human beings are not designed to treat every body in this robotic way. Choices are important to human beings and Marxism denies agency and all choice.
Marxists want to destroy all which creates happiness and emotional health in human relationships. It is through the natural family that children learn respect and understanding of both male and female so they can relate to everyone in society. They have a model for their own sexual identity which they need to form a healthy one.
Homosexuality is an exclusive sexist system which denies biology and God and prevents the uniting of women and men who are so fundamentally different (proven by science). Marriage of one man and one woman is the only system which promotes equality of the sexes and all humankind. Everything else (polygamy—demeans women by saying one is equivalent to many) or (Homosexuality—which says one sex can be excluded from the formation of family) lead to unequal under the law. The US should ban homosexual unions on the grounds that it is sexist and exclusive and doesn’t contribute to the unity of men and women, nor their equality as human beings.
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And is is getting such “interesting” reviews...
Also, I find it odd that despite the reviews spanning eleven years, four of the six 5 Star reviews were within just four months of each other, April to August, 2000. All four hinted to be co-workers or other professors “in the business.” The fifth referred only to the amount of time for delivery and the sixth was was from
“Jemamala” (Michigan) consisting of a one liner.
The other fifteen reviews absolutely shredded it to confetti. I read them all, (rather quickly) and now believe there probably is more insight and critical analysis in those reviews than in the book itself.
Understand that you’re in a hostile educational environment. Several Christian students have been booted out of counseling programs because of their pro-gay stances. Keep your head down, get your degree, and then open your mouth.
This is from Amazon...
G. Todd Brimm says:
I would not use this text, has some old, inaccurate data. One example, ch 6 the authors claim that married women experience more depression and more marital dissatisfaction than married men or unmarried women. According to the www.nmha.org married women have fewer cases of depression than unmarried women. The authors site a source dated 1985 (it is now 2010) for their latest addition text.
Whoa!
God help you.
http://www.amazon.com/Monica-McGoldrick/e/B001ILIDVI/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1306368761&sr=1-1
Ouch!
Thank you thank you!!!
Exactly.
Thank you so much for that — so interesting but frightening. You do a great job getting to the roots of these views....Marxism is truly underneath it all, as well as belief in Man rather than God.
Thanks. When I read Whittaker Chambers book, Witness, I was totally scared, and then I read more books that frightened me even more. Being informed, is not conducive to happiness and contentment. It is very unsettling and particularly so if you have no belief in God.
Evil has existed since day one, so nothing is really new. It is all about the Will to Power. I feel so blessed to have been raised in this great country at a time of tremendous freedom and John Wayne and unlocked doors!!! The Christian paradigm was the prevailing one and dignity, worth, and respect were taught in the classroom and expected by the vast majority.
Freedom— to such an extent— has only been realized by such a small fraction of the billions of people on earth. I always thank God for the Founders of this Nation, particularly. John Wayne is high up there, too, with Jimmy Stewart.
Great information and it is what the socialists have figured out on day one. They are masters at controlling language, debate, and spreading propaganda. They had Pavlov and Skinner in their camp helping develop methodologies for propaganda.
Pro-Choice is only being defeated by the Pro-lifers adopting their strategy of controlling the debate through language. The psychology of words. We need to defeat them by playing their game!!! Yes!!! It can be done..... Baby-killers.....
Hah! I just finished “Witness” = amazing and eye-opening book — to know- even back then the extent to which the Communists and fellow travelers had infiltrated the government. And the vitriol aimed at Chambers from the media — exactly the same as today!! This is indeed a war we’re fighting and have been for a helluva long time....and yet the majority of people have no idea...which is how a country is lost, I’m sorry to say...Still, the Tea Party gives me hope. I have never seen anything like it in my lifetime and am so proud to be a part of it. I hope we can educate people about how close we are to indeed losing our country. You sound like a very interesting lady - I’m glad to meet you!
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
My name is Debby, btw.
Your are right - which reminds me, who is that big leftie linguist professor that they all love at MIT, I think? Ah yes, Noam Chomsky...do you think that’s why he is revered by the Left?
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