I agree with much of what you said, and it was all very elegantly worded, but I would advise against the use of Freudian psychology. Freudian psychology is where the term "pseudoscience" originated, when a scientist noticed that Freud would attempt to use evidence that directly contradicts his argument to try to support it. The example the scientist noted was homosexuality. Freud was attempting to make the argument that an over attachment to the mother caused the male to associate his sexuality with that of his mother's, but when examples of homosexuals raised by single fathers arose, he argued that they had an over attachment to their fathers. Freudian psychology has been all but dismissed in light of modern psychology.
It is also worth adding that epigenetics is believed to play a role in sexuality, as suggested by the homozygotic twin studies.
What I find most confusing about the relationship between psychology, sociology, and biology in the debate about sexuality is how conversion therapy has been conclusively proven to be ineffective, and yet the ancient Greeks, as you mentioned, had strong inclinations towards bisexuality. Were sexuality a primarily sociological phenomenon, it wouldn't be so immutable. If it were primarily biological, then the sexuality of the ancient Greeks wouldn't have been so starkly different from that of the puritanical colonies. The only conclusion that this really leaves is that sexuality is a characteristic strongly influenced in childhood, and after maturation it becomes so ingrained in the mind that it becomes a fundamental part of a person's identity. This conclusion contradicts some psychological research, though. The primary contradiction lies in the fact that homophobic men are more likely to be aroused by homosexual pornography than non homophobic men are. This suggests that part of a person's sexuality can remain suppressed in the unconscious mind, unbeknownst to the conscious mind, and yet a person's identity seems to exist primarily in the conscious mind.
Any further insights or opinions that you have on the subject would be very much appreciated, as this is a topic that I rarely get to have an educated discussion over.
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I agree with much of what you said, and it was all very elegantly worded, but I would advise against the use of Freudian psychology. Freudian psychology is where the term "pseudoscience" originated, when a scientist noticed that Freud would attempt to use evidence that directly contradicts his argument to try to support it. The example the scientist noted was homosexuality. Freud was attempting to make the argument that an over attachment to the mother caused the male to associate his sexuality with that of his mother's, but when examples of homosexuals raised by single fathers arose, he argued that they had an over attachment to their fathers. Freudian psychology has been all but dismissed in light of modern psychology.
It is also worth adding that epigenetics is believed to play a role in sexuality, as suggested by the homozygotic twin studies.
What I find most confusing about the relationship between psychology, sociology, and biology in the debate about sexuality is how conversion therapy has been conclusively proven to be ineffective, and yet the ancient Greeks, as you mentioned, had strong inclinations towards bisexuality. Were sexuality a primarily sociological phenomenon, it wouldn't be so immutable. If it were primarily biological, then the sexuality of the ancient Greeks wouldn't have been so starkly different from that of the puritanical colonies. The only conclusion that this really leaves is that sexuality is a characteristic strongly influenced in childhood, and after maturation it becomes so ingrained in the mind that it becomes a fundamental part of a person's identity. This conclusion contradicts some psychological research, though. The primary contradiction lies in the fact that homophobic men are more likely to be aroused by homosexual pornography than non homophobic men are. This suggests that part of a person's sexuality can remain suppressed in the unconscious mind, unbeknownst to the conscious mind, and yet a person's identity seems to exist primarily in the conscious mind.
Any further insights or opinions that you have on the subject would be very much appreciated, as this is a topic that I rarely get to have an educated discussion over.