Is Homophobia a Mental Disorder?

[Delta4Embassy]

Yes!

Psychiatrists say Homophobia is a Mental Disorder and a Disease, Homosexuality is neither. So should the military ban the Homophobic and let the Gays back in?

"Psychiatrists say Homophobia is a Mental Disorder and a Disease, Homosexuality is neither..."

Game. Set. Match.

 

[DGS49]

I could be wrong, but is this a case of one moron quoting another moron to prove a point?

From the linked source:

"Homophobia has been classified as a mental illness for over 120 years."

Enough said.

 

[R.D.]

Um, the idiotic term homophobia was coind in the late '60's.

Try not being so easily fooled by stupid posts on other boards with zero credibility and even less brain cells.

 

[Tresha91203]

If it is a real phobia, meaning the terror of encountering a homosexual prevents you going out in public, then sure. If we are talking about disagreeing with treating homosexuality exactly the same as we treat heterosexuality, that is not a phobia. Psychologists do not diagnose people with a phobia if they simply dislike heights, strangers, confined spaces or homosexuals. Those aren't phobias.

Personally, I've never met a homophobic, but I guess that makes sense, as their terror of encountering an "other" would keep them pretty isolated, like agorophobics. I don't care for gray. I'm partial to pink and yellow. I don't fear gray, however, I just don't like it. Maybe I'm gray biggoted, but certainly not phobic (which has a very real meaning).

 

[pacer]

George Weinberg is credited with coining the term homophobia, which referred to a "debilitating irrational fear of homosexuals". In today's politically correct world, the term has been redefined to describe any aversion to homosexuality. However, I believe from a psychiatric standpoint, the original definition still holds true today.

 

[DGS49]

Even though the definition may hold true, there is nobody who is afflicted with it, so what is the point?

If I define tapiocaphobic as someone who has an irrational fear of tapioca pudding, so what? The definition is valid but pointless.

Just like with homophobe. Does not exist.