From: Andrew Phelps <phelps@cwnet.com>
To: RadPsyNet-Members@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sun May 11 3:20 PDT
Subject: Fwd: Re: [RadPsyNet-Members] Fwd: [bayareafaeries] appointed to DSM workgroup on sexual and gender identity disorders
Hi
The text below speaks well to my concern. "Homophobic" is commonly used to mean "heterosexist" but the latter is the correct
radical term. The other is in the bigoted "psychodiagnosis" language of 'mental health' behavioral management.Ken Gergen's
Antidiagnosis website is one of the best statements I know to this effect.The responsibility of the radical psychologists is to stand up to the social dynamics of "objectification." Ultimately it is necessary to stand up to the 'clinical gaze' (Foucault), to TREATMENT becoming TORTURE.
Today the advocates of 'treatment' are taking over the "Mind of America." The past Pres. of NAMI is now a member of a DSM-V committee. People don't want Alberto Gonzales or John Yoo redefining "torture" and they should also be "up in arms" about this extension of 'treatment'.
Shall we 'treat' "radical psychology?" The
Radical Psychology Syndrome, anyone?
Andrew Phelps
Berkeley, CA
On Sun May 11 4:40 GMT, Ttt sent:
From: Opq
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Subject: Re: [bayareafaeries] appointed to DSM workgroup on sexual and gender identity disorders
To: bayareafaeries@groups.queernet.org
From my perspective, name-calling is often counter-productive.... so I would suggest that we consider not dismissing people as 'scary troglodytes' or -'phobes.' If queers want respect than queers have got to show respect to people with different perspectives. Labeling someone as a '-phobe' has always struck me as a scare tactic. To me it makes more sense to label perspectives or statements not people as 'homophobic' or 'transphobic' and to distinguish between the two. Even people who espouse -phobic viewpoints are more likely to be open to dialogue and change if they are engaged with respect instead of denounced as "-phobes."