I trust that was sarcasm?
no-- except sh.be prefaced with "sometimes"-- but usually most of the time
People, if young or old, cannot have their sexual preference changed by "conditioning" or "peer pressure". A human's sexual orientation is far more complex than a simple "gee I want to be gay because it looks like fun and everybody's doing it"
peer pressure exacts an increased toll over time-- peer pressure is ongoing, especially when someone is/becomes vulnerable to manipulators.
Usually, one's..... is kept well hidden ....lonely states.... The "closeting" .....cause for youthful suicide.
You've described the suffering, mentally ill to a "T", though the APA officially declassified "gays".
For anyone to suggest that "being gay" is something anyone would "choose" over being the more acceptable "normal" is totally ludicrous.
The "gay-in-your-face-agenda" is ludicrous-- and a total choice.
great fodder...
soup du jour.
To suggest one's.... should be stifled, changed or converted for the benefit of those that cannot accept it, is about the most immoral and freedom robbing action anyone can conscribe to.
Again, you mention addiction or whatever-- you've described what often requires intervention.
By suggesting that a person's sexual desires can be changed
to conform to whatever style you find favorable, is to suggest
that such a thing can be done, and should be done.
That.... is preposterous, ridiculous and about as self-serving
as one can get.
No-one likes anyone's agenda to be "pushed in their face"
(myself included), but there is a purpose and need for the
militant, and I can accept that. To extend a distaste for
the "militant" to include people who have no other agenda
than to live life in the style they find most satisfactory to them,
is to impose your own prejudiced beliefs upon them.
You are free to "feel" whatever manner you desire towards
any other human. But we are not discussing the right to "feel"
any particular way. We are discussing the right to be and the
right to live life unencumbered by hate mongering, prejudiced
individuals.
If having a "club" or using educational facilities to help others
understand nature's quirks will help thwart prejudice, then that
might be the best way to deal with it.
We are witnessing an revolution of sorts. People that once
felt afraid to reveal their true identity are "coming out" in
numbers that are staggering. To allude to being "gay", or
to openly show desire for a same-sex relationship is
becoming more predominant in this World as time passes.
People that once felt the need to keep their "secret", secret,
are finding that revealing their true colors is not as detrimental,
nor ever should be detrimental, as they once thought.
Homosexuality and homosexual behavior has been around
longer than you or I, and will remain as part of human (and
animal) life as long as life itself, continues. To think that it
should be hidden from your view; that it is better to be
hidden from view, only serves your needs. It does not
"discourage" homosexuality, nor does it thwart anyone's
orientation towards homosexuality. You are either "gay"
or you are not. It's a fairly simple fact.
Sooner or later, you will find that someone you care
about, is "gay".
Go in peace, my friend. I wish you luck.