apr 1, 1981 - Homosexuality if Learned [Part 47]

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"May I share with you some conclusions I have reached. First, homosexuality is learned, not inherent [p. 1].”

"The first phase is *pre-homosexual role confusion in childhood and includes parent-child disturbances, gender and role distortion, relationship skill deficits, and erotization [emphasis added, p. 4].”

"The second phase, **pre-homosexual compensation, involves unilateral masturbatory fantasy... fragmentation, and self-focus [emphasis added, p.5].”

"The third phase is crisis of [role] fit, a severe realization of being different.

"The final phase is homosexual role resolution or ‘merging’... where the person and the role merge [emphasis added pp. 3-4].”

-Victor L. Brown Jr., DSW, Board of Governors, Assoc. of Mormon Counselors & Psychotherapists (AMCAP) and Area Director, LDS Social Services, p. 1,4, 5, 3-4, April 1, 1981

* Brown later relates this role confusion to “troubled, even pathological parent-child and parent-to-parent relationships.”
** Brown later defines this as partially involving “masturbatory fantasy.”

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