Fathers and gay sons: A plited, vally important relatnship.
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GAY MEN AND THEIR FATHERS: HURT AND HEALG
* father figure gay *
A love song, featur the narrator sperately wantg to be a close and sexual relatnship wh someone they admire, and to also look after and be their 'father figure' of some had yet to e out as a gay man when the song was released, but he later said that by this pot he was aware that he was attracted to men, both physilly and emotnally. ” This potentially allus to the general feelg towards gay people back the 1980s, pl gay relatnships were still illegal many parts of the world (and still is) le “Put your ty hand me" is particularly ntroversial. Absence of a Father Figure as the Strongt Factor Male Homosexualy The ndn "homosexualy" monly evok a negative imprsn om most people, pecially nventnal societi as the Philipp.
For many years most psychiatrists prupposed that homosexualy was a form of mental illns, until 1973 when the Amerin Psychiatric Associatn (APA) cid to fe such ndn as a normal behavr. Homosexuals, as scribed by APA, are "dividuals whose sexual terts are directed toward people of the same sex and who are eher bothered by, nflict wh, or wish to change, their sexual orientatns. " As aforementned, tradnal societi nsir homosexual relatnships illic and immoral.
However, what the societi have not taken to acunt is that there is a eper reason than merely havg rnal sir toward the people of the same sex unrlyg the atn of homosexualy among men: a e rooted the fay. Homosexual orientatn pends on the difficulti the parent-child relatnship, pecially the early, formative years of life. To further unrstand how do difficulti the relatnship wh the father male homosexualy, is important to know what is the role of the father the overall sex role velopment of the son and why do the son rort to a homosexual relatnship to be able to adapt the absence of the father, physil or psychologil.