Old-fashioned sexology was preoccupied with
‘curing’ homosexuality,
because it assumed that all ‘normal’ people were heterosexual.
But in sex-script theory, all sex-scripts are equally ‘normal’.
They all result from the same process of sexual imprinting.
However, every society limits the behavior of
its members.
For instance, if a sex-script requires children as sex-partners,
then most societies will punish people who enact that fantasy.
In the past, all homosexual behavior was outlawed in many cultures,
but this pattern is changing in more enlightened societies.
And the future will see even greater acceptance of sexual diversity.
Even if our imprinted sexual fantasies do not
clash with social norms,
we sometimes discover that we do not like our ‘sex-drives’.
Especially when homosexual sex-scripts create social problems,
many people with these sexual responses want to change them.
But the history of sexology shows a very low
rate of ‘success’
for people who have tried to change their sexual orientation.
And there are other possible explanations for those who believe
that some ‘treatment’ has revised their imprinted sexual fantasies.
1. The Person Also Has Other
Sex-Scripts.
Perhaps the individual had several sex-scripts
to start with
and he or she learned how to ‘listen’ to other sexual fantasies.
In other words, such a person might have been bisexual originally.
And he or she is able to choose which sex-script to follow.
2. Acting Straight—Controlling
Sexual Behavior.
Because sexual behavior is always within
conscious control,
perhaps people who are bothered by their homosexual sex-scripts
are able to act straight—to copy the behavior of heterosexuals—
perhaps hoping that this might also change their sex-scripts.
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VII
HOMOSEXUAL
SEX-SCRIPTS
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PARK
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However, if their imprinted fantasies remain
unchanged,
their repressed sex-scripts might cause problems later.
For instance, some people with homosexual sex-scripts
marry members of the other sex in the hope that
‘normal’ marriage will change their homosexual responses.
But they might still be sexually attracted to members of the same sex.
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