Exercise 2.10.1

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Exercise 2.10.1

We are concerned that people conducting research on sexual orientation work within homophobic frameworks, despite their occasional claims to the contrary. A prime example is the German obstetrician Günter Dörner, whose descriptions of homosexuality ill-conceal his heterosexism. Dörner writes about homosexuality as a "dysfunction" or "disease" based on "abnormal brain development." He postulate that it can be prevented by "optimizing" natural conditions or by "correcting abnormal hormonal concentrations prenatally" (emphasis added). Another example is provided by psychoanalyst Richard Friedman, who engages in speculation about nongay outcome given proper therapeutic intervention (p. 524).

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