Conversion Therapy
Provision of medical assistance to people dissatisfied with their homosexual state has impact on the satisfied gays and lesbians. The treatment tries to change the sexual feelings of individuals from homosexual to heterosexual. In the United States, ethical experts have declined the activity of conversion therapy. According to the satisfied homosexuals, the act of conversion therapy is unethical and violates their rights granted by international signings.
According to Douglas Haldeman, conversion therapy has no genuine effectiveness. He recommends that, even though the act decreases homosexual feelings, it does not increase the heterosexual feelings. People subjected to this therapy, become fearful and ashamed of their homosexual feelings. These arguments prove that conversion therapy is not the appropriate method to change gays and lesbians.
It is very challenging to escape one’s values. Even after many attempts to alter sexual orientation through conversion therapy, many homosexuals end up retaining their original values. The attempts end up being unsuccessful and cause severe problems for the individuals subjected to it. Moreover, no individual values should be viewed better than others should. This is because every individual has the freedom to express his or her feelings without intimidation.
Different policies in support of homosexuality have been formulated in the United States. These policies have created debates on the efficiency of conversion therapy. The U.S. government has condemned the act as being harmful to health and risky to self-esteem development. This has raised concern in the mental health society as it is viewed to cause trauma among the affected individuals leading even to suicidal cases.
Many of the religious groups in the world prohibit homosexuality. It is easier for homosexuals to change their sexual feelings depending on the strength of their original religious faith. Many of them opt to join religions that allow people to have different sexual orientations.