God knows why they think women have any degree of economic or sexual autonomy. Probably because of "Western values" right?
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Er..yes? I mean if activism for women's rights is one of our western values. Which by the way doesn't make it an exclusive western value.
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Neither Activism's or medical science's role in changing our understanding should be under or over-stated. That's fair, right?
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Opposition to homosexuality was never really about science in the first place. That's a misunderstanding about how bigotry works
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No I agree, which can lead to bad science that's used to justify bigotry. Having a pre-determined conclusion "x is bad" then looking for it.
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So yes activism opened the door to better medical understanding. Not denying the role activism played. Unless medicine is just opinion now.
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You have to clear the bigotry before you can do the medicine. After homosexuality was removed from the DSM, another disorder, "ego-dystonic
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Homosexuality" was added, largely to appease psychiatrists who were still dead against accepting homosexuality
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If the doctors themselves are holding onto these prejudices, even good evidence won't help much
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Seem like one of the big problems with psychiatry. It's not like you can easily point to something and go "yep, that's a thing".
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