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BETWEEN 'CURING HOMOSEXUALITY' AND SUPPORT IN ACHIEVING THE ACCEPTANCE OF OWN PSYCHOSEXUAL ORIENTATION. TOWARDS COUNSELING FOR LESBIANS

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Łysak A.
Dyskursy Młodych Andragogów / Adult Education Discourses
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2007
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vol. 8
149-162
EN
Covert, implicit discrimination of lesbians takes place on different levels. The first is the very negation that lesbians exist. Next, it is believed that there are so few of them that it is a waste of time to take notice of them. In another one, it is accepted that there are lesbians in Poland but they are not discriminated against in any way. Yet another discrimination strategy assigns all negative stereotypes to lesbians. If a lesbian is noticed, she might be considered to be an ill person and as such should be subject to treatment. However, the invisibility of lesbians includes also medicine, psychiatry and psychology. While male homosexuality and its origins have been widely discussed and theorized, lesbianism has been often disregarded. Still, lesbians, as all people, regardless of sex, age, socio-economic status, level of education or their psychosexual orientation, come across crisis situations and should have a possibility to consult a specialist. Unfortunately, with a very few exceptions, Polish counselors' knowledge about psychosexual orientation, sex and sex-related social roles is very much out of date. A lesbian seeking psychological advice in Poland must be aware that she will be considered mentally ill and will be persuaded that she should undergo treatment to heal her sexuality. A psychologist will see her psychosexual orientation, rather than the attitude of the homophobic society, as the core reason of her problems. The authoress intends to show how lesbians could or should be approached by therapists and to present necessary conditions a successful specialist helping gay men and women should fulfill.
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