LanceHughes
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Lesson from gays seems to be lost on most! The VERY first step in being able to mainstream is/was to remove the diagnosis from the DSM - which is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. The edition/version number of the DSM is now "at" DSM-IV(TR) that means version 4 (Text revision.) Just getting TR in there was a HUGE battle and a compromise. Why is this so very, very important? Because the DSM-IV(TR) is the LEGAL and MEDICAL standard. Classic examples are child custody battles in which one spouse (usually the wife) says "He hit me with this weird flogger thing." Doesn't matter that there are witnesses to them both being in the clubs, etc. Wife's lawyer argues, "She was forced to go. What a better definition of slavery than that?" Until the DSM comes out as DSM-V (w/o TR) we (myself included) are in daily danger of losing jobs, children, and even lives (as in suicides - the bunny just above was NOT suicidal, but despondent). The parallels to the supressions of gays are IDENTICAL - don't y'all "get" it? And worse yet, there are Christian psychologists who have learned their lessons in the removal of homosexuality from DSM-III. They feel they were blind-sided and have sworn that won't happen again. The battle is simply stated: "Remove the paraphilias from the proposed DSM-V" Oh, lordy, sounds pretty easy when you start to look at what that means. For example, MALE cross-dressers are in there. (Emphasis added to indicate that FEMALE cross-dressers have never been listed in any DSM.... how sexist is that? Drag Kings are "free" of a DSM diagnosis. Go google "drag king" just for fun!) Now to the hard part: One of the paraphilias is pedophilia. :::SIGH::: See, your reaction was IMMEADIATELY - "We MUST keep that in to protect our children!" wasn't it? Well, no. Removal of this particular paraphilia will NOT put kids at danger. There are laws in place (NOT dependent on the DSM) to make pedophilia a punishable crime. As a matter of fact, when a pedophile gets a "really good" lawyer, the defense is "Your Honor, this man (usually pedophiles are men) is not a criminal. He's just mentally ill and needs help. The DSM-IV(TR) says so." As a matter of fact the TR (text revision) was MOSTLY about making sure that pedophiles could be diagnosed when their condition didn't "bother" just them. The TR included pedophilia as also "disturbing" others (i.e. the mother of the children attacked.) Until that was added, pedophiles could be NOT diagnosed because most of them said, "Well, my condition doesn't disturb me, so I'm not 'sick'." (That was the compromise.) NOW TO THE RUB! Since that TR applies to ALL paraphilias, it applies to BDSM. So, if your mother, aunt or even a neighbor reports that she (usually a female relative that reports) is "disturbed" by your BDSM activities, you are now diagnosed with a mental illness. I am NOT kidding. This is totally serious...... What to do? First of all, educate yourself! I was TOTALLY surprised at the depth of detail at Wikipedia under BDSM - Cool pic from history section: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Tomba_Della_Fustigazione.jpg Next "follow" the name "Charles Moser" - here's a good place to start: http://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/moser_kleinpl.htm Of course, money changes everything (for better or worse.) Here's the "white paper" on this action by the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom (NCSF) http://ncsfreedom.org/index.php?option=com_keyword&id=305
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"Train 'em the right way - my way." Lance Hughes "Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't." Erica Jong 10 fluffy points 50 nz points Member: VAA's posse
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