Thread by @CitizenRevere

@aurelliakemp15 @preed2000 @geep_see @jaded_shaded @MsBlaireWhite Perhaps I am misunderstanding this discussion, but the point which I'd add includes a historical perspective:

Artificial, societal norms influenced psychiatry's labeling of conduct--& were often codified into law
E.g. cross-dressing--a fashion choice--labeled a mental disorder?

@aurelliakemp15 @preed2000 @geep_see @jaded_shaded @MsBlaireWhite Clothing & hairstyles are not "biologically determined"--they're relatively arbitrary, & vary GREATLY over centuries(& millennia) & among diff.locales!

AMA was arrogant & INCORRECT:
deeming fashion choices mandatory
&
demonizing sexual options (interracial or homosexual mating)

@aurelliakemp15 @preed2000 @geep_see @jaded_shaded @MsBlaireWhite These outdated, entrenched judgments are still in play--& often underly many of the contradictions which plague today's coverage (news analysis & public debate) of MANY issues:

gender roles,
political correctness,
mental health,
elective surgery,
over-medication etc. #BigPharma

@aurelliakemp15 @preed2000 @geep_see @jaded_shaded @MsBlaireWhite * When legislation criminalized interracial marriage, the "scientific" establishment synergistically reinforced segregationist values (by labeling physical attraction between the races "a mental disorder")--which then reinforced justifications for criminalizing personal choices!

@aurelliakemp15 @preed2000 @geep_see @jaded_shaded @MsBlaireWhite Qualifying personal choices as mental disorders then allows that medical establishment to collect big fees & to profit from gov't-subsidized drugs for "different" members of our populace.

Instead of tolerance for indiv freedoms, "authorities" legally targeted the non-conforming

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