The "epidemic of silent suffering" of homosexuals
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ok doser
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everybody should read this, especially the retarded homo supporters here on tol, like quip, artie and town
| And that’s just the beginning. Homosexual males also suffer from higher rates of cardiovascular disease, cancer, allergies, asthma, and a whole host of behavior-related infections and dysfunctions. They’re twice as likely to experience major depressive episodes, report having fewer close friends, and abuse drugs at an alarming rate. In fact, living in so-called “gay neighborhoods” is a predictor of more frequent, risky behaviors and methamphetamine use. And, Hobbes adds, the community itself is brutal and degrading to its members. Smart-phone hookup apps drive a culture of exploitation and casual encounters that one young man he interviewed said made him feel like “a piece of meat.” |
Not really. What is interesting (but not surprising) is that you use and link an article that talks about the Micheal Hobbes publication "epidemic of loneliness" rather than the actual piece itself. Typical hate mongering.
Your link paints a pretty bleak picture of gays for the consumption of people who are to stupid or to lazy or to dishonest to go read the original work. I see OK Doser has already chimed in, I expect Angle4Truth to be here shortly.
when you actually read "epidemic of loneliness" you get something different from the the message yoru link and you want to send.
| The term researchers use to explain this phenomenon is “minority stress.” In its most direct form, it’s pretty simple: Being a member of a marginalized group requires extra effort. When you’re the only woman at a business meeting, or the only black guy in your college dorm, you have to think on a level that members of the majority don’t. If you stand up to your boss, or fail to, are you playing into stereotypes of women in the workplace? If you don’t ace a test, will people think it’s because of your race? Even if you don’t experience overt stigma, considering these possibilities takes its toll over time. For gay people, the effect is magnified by the fact that our minority status is hidden. Not only do we have to do all this extra work and answer all these internal questions when we’re 12, but we also have to do it without being able to talk to our friends or parents about it. Growing up gay, it seems, is bad for you in many of the same ways as growing up in extreme poverty. A 2015 study found that gay people produce less cortisol, the hormone that regulates stress. Their systems were so activated, so constantly, in adolescence that they ended up sluggish as grownups, says Katie McLaughlin, one of the study’s co-authors. In 2014, researchers compared straight and gay teenagers on cardiovascular risk. They found that the gay kids didn’t have a greater number of “stressful life events” (i.e. straight people have problems, too), but the ones they did experience inflicted more harm on their nervous systems. |
ok doser
lifeguard at the cement pond
and yet, here you are, predictable as clockwork :chuckle:
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musterion
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Not really.
Hilariously ironic that you - of all people - are promoting this as shockingly new information. :doh:
It's like proclaiming that beaten wives have recently been discovered to sustain black eyes and broken limbs!
lain:
You sir, are an idiot...which is fine, as ToL amply demonstrates, you're in good company.
The problem occurs when you proudly and chronically attempt to sell your idiocy to the lowest bidder...which is beyond the pale even for an idiot such as yourself.
No one is expecting that you would read it.
They dont have to suffer, they dont have to have drive by sex, take drugs and do all manner of things that harm themselves. Jesus can set them free.
Free from the hate and intolerance that Micheal Hobbes wrote about or were you thinking something more along the lines of Chechnya?
musterion
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You've said nothing that factually refutes anything in the OP link. So why waste time with your babblings?
like posting stuff from the paper your link mangled?
Facts: Your OP link makes use of only the first 10% of the article Michael Hobbes wrote.
Your OP link actively ignores the findings and subject of the article.
Your OP link falsely relates that Hobbes views the problems you cite as intrinsic to homosexuality.
Hobbs spoke of research into the subject and just what are the causes of the problems but your OP ignores all of this.
Fact: you know all this.