Boys Beware

[Jamie McDaniel]

Have you seen this short "educational" film from the '60s?

Boys Beware

"What Jimmy didn't know was that Ralph was sick; a sickness that was not visible like smallpox, but no less dangerous and contagious; a sickness of the mind. You see, Ralph was a homosexual: a person who demands an intimate relationship with members of their own sex."

Good to know we are far from that way of thinking in 2006.

Bringing up Boys by Dr. James Dobson page 115

"Mark appears to have a condition we might call 'prehomosexuality,' and unless he and his entire family are guided by someone who knows how to assist, the probabilities are very great that he will go on to experience a homosexual lifestyle.

What do we know about this disorder? Well first, it is a disorder, despite the denials of the American Psychiatric Association."

For those of you on our mailing list, I hope you caught this paragraph in the latest alert:

Do you think James Dobson's antigay misinformation campaign is limited to Christian radio and bookstores? No. Check out the magazine and book section in you local grocery store and you'll find a copy of James Dobson's best-selling book, Bringing up Boys. Turn to Chapter 9, The Origins of Homosexuality, and you'll be shocked by the misinformation Americans are purchasing along with their gallon of milk and carton of orange juice.

If you want to read a larger excerpt from the chapter The Origins of Homosexuality in Dobson's book, you can here.

[Zerbie]

Interesting comparison Jamie.

Yep, saw the video a while back on the singer forum I also gab on. Very sad. And interesting to see that the propaganda has hardly changed one iota in 45 or 50 years. It's very sad.

[Joe Brummer]

I would suggest going to the manager of the stores and asking they take the book off the shelves. Especially if it is in a larger city where lots of gay people live! I know here in Providence, they would take it off the shelves.

[Beth K. Eyres]

I have not seen the video, but the fact that the same rhetoric is in the Dobson book does not surprise me. Since I'm on my way to the store now, I will definitely check out the book section and, if it's there, take Joe's advice.

I don't know how it competes with all those steamy romance novels!

Prehomosexuality? Where does he get this stuff? Yeah, I know one place.

[nowvoyager]

Originally Posted by Joe Brummer

I would suggest going to the manager of the stores and asking they take the book off the shelves. Especially if it is in a larger city where lots of gay people live! I know here in Providence, they would take it off the shelves.

Yes - I suppose re-shelving it under "Fiction" or "Myth" or "Comedy" might be too obtuse. Shame there's no "Rubbish" section....