1970s Therapy for 'Sissy' Boy Destroyed His Life

In the 1970s, Kirk Murphy was treated at UCLA because his parents were concerned his behavior was too feminine. The four-year-old underwent experimental treatment conducted largely by George A. Rekers who was a doctoral student at the time. Although Rekers concluded that after the treatment Kirk's feminine behavior was gone and he was like any normal boy, Kirk's siblings say that he was never a happy person again. Kirk's mother believes the treatment ruined his life. In 2003, Kirk committed suicide.

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Elementary School Students are taught that Gender is a Spectrum

Children and teachers in all grades at Redwood Heights Elementary School in Oakland, California received instruction in anti-bullying from a group called Gender Spectrum. Fox News, reports that Joel Baum, director of education and training for Gender Spectrum, taught that "Gender identity is a spectrum where people can be girls, feel like girls, they feel like boys, they feel like both, or they can feel like neither."

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To read the Advocate.com report of the story, click here.

Girls Kissing Girls

In 2008, pop rocker Katy Perry scored a number one hit with the song, “I Kissed A Girl”.

Shocking as the song and video might seem to those upholding traditional mores and family values, the popularity of this song would seem to illustrate that another traditional value is going by the wayside.

The social acceptability of same-sex intimacy between girls or women is noted to by the fact that Katy Perry’s song remained the number one song on Billboard’s “Hot 100” for seven weeks. The song and video received five MTV Video Music Award nominations, and a Grammy Award nomination.

In terms of its influence on the upcoming generation, it should be noted that the song received a Teen Choice Award nomination, and a Nickelodeon Kids Choice Award nomination.

But whereas same-sex intimacy might once have been considered a declaration of sexual orientation, this is no longer the case. More voices are stating that girls and women are naturally sexually flexible, and are capable of moving between same-sex and opposite sex relationships. Popular culture is telling girls and women that having a same-sex romantic relationship now, does not preclude their having a heterosexual relationships in the future.

Whereas some might believe that encouraging sexually flexibility among girls and women is liberating, other see this as yet another attack on the traditional family.

For a more complete discussion of this issue, read the complete TwoMinuteBriefing entitled "Sexual Flexibility - Another Attack on the Traditional Family" at TwoMinuteBriefing.com.