The Nature of Homosexuality: Vindication for Homosexual Activists and the Religious Right [Paperback]

Erik Holland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 12, 2004

Few topics are as fascinating as homosexuality. The origin of homosexuality is perhaps the most interesting aspect of homosexuality. Given the prominence of homosexual issues, it is high time this issue were resolved.

Some biological correlates of homosexuality can be dismissed with little difficulty but others are hard to explain away. Some specific family environments and childhood experiences have been reported as more common among homosexuals than heterosexuals. Homosexual behaviors or interests tend to be unstable in some individuals and this has been interpreted as suggesting that some people chose to be homosexual. Additionally, homosexuality in some contexts was socially tolerated and not extremely uncommon, as in classical Greece, Tokugawa Japan, and some other societies, i.e., homosexuality could be socially constructed. Given diverse potential sources of homosexuality, is a parsimonious explanation of what makes one a homosexual possible?

Yes, it is. Several homosexual activists will be pleased to learn that homosexuals are born that way. However, the religious need not despair; homosexuality is not part of human design. Sounds hard to believe? It gets more interesting. The contents of this book agree with the American Psychiatric Association's decision to stop considering homosexuality as a mental illness in 1973. Intrigued? Look inside...

For more information, visit Erik Holland's web site.

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About the Author

Erik Holland has a background in physiology and graduated from the University of Florida. He has authored www.amazinginfoonhomosexuals.com and is interested in unusual human behaviors and how they influence society. Holland has worked on this book for a little over three and a half years.

Product Details

• Paperback: 736 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 12, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595305083
• ISBN-13: 978-0595305087
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,729,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Self-published, recycled, inept, March 19, 2006

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Jason M. Baker (Bloomington, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nature of Homosexuality: Vindication for Homosexual Activists and the Religious Right (Paperback)

This self-published book summarizes a wide range of research on the origins and prevalence of 'non-heterosexuality' (his term). Nothing here is new, except Holland's awkward handling of the data. Holland hides his moral condemnation of non-heterosexuality in quasi-scientific terms: non-heterosexuality may be 'natural' but it is nevertheless 'abnormal' and is associated with various mental 'disturbances.'

To achieve this result, Holland relies heavily on the suspect claim that homosexuality and pedophilia are intimately linked. To force that correlation, Holland claims that married, self-identified heterosexual men who molest boys are 'really' gay, even when they have no erotic attachment to other adult men. He writes:

"Now, why in the world would heterosexual men molest boys? Why not consider that homosexuals attracted to boys have gotten married just to pass-off as normal? . . . A man sexually interested in boys would naturally attempt to befriend a single mom with a son that he fancies; most such men would be capable of having sex with women even though they prefer boys, and it would be a mistake to call these individuals heterosexual."

Such 'why in the world' reasoning & fanciful story-telling permeate this book. Note, too, Holland's quick identification of pedophilia and homosexuality, and without argument. Perhaps male pedophiles marry women simply to gain easy access to their adopted children (although we would need data to conclude even that, which Holland doesn't provide). But this in no way shows that erotic attachment to boys is correlated in any way with erotic attachment to adult men. Simply redefining all acts of child molestation as 'non-heterosexual' obscures the whole point of the research. The real question is whether gay men are more prone to pedophilia than straight men. Answering that question requires that we keep track of the erotic attachments of pedophiles (whether, in addition to children, they are also attracted to adult members of their sex or not), and seeing whether any correlations can be drawn. Instead of a careful analysis of the available evidence, we get Holland's breathless distortions.

In short, Holland's analysis is uninformed, sloppy, and misleading. His book is full of wild claims about masturbation, pedophilia, and the fashion industry (gay men, after all, run the fashion industry & since they are prone to pedophilia, they can't help but produce the likes of Kate Moss -- boyish waifs who, Holland assures us, no straight man would ever lust after). Is it any wonder that no publisher, not even a Christian one, would take on this diatribe?

34 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Another condescending diatribe about homosexuality., February 10, 2005

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BRS - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nature of Homosexuality: Vindication for Homosexual Activists and the Religious Right (Paperback)

Another attempt to explain away and condemn homosexuality without admitting to hatred and bigotry. Sure, gays are "natural" in that they have a biological disorder they can't help, but nope, they aren't meant to be here. The author's attempt to dismiss what he seems to think is "feminism" are particularly ham handed, if faintly amusing. Did you know, for example, that most feminists are "female homosexuals?" Oh, and did you know that fashion models are tall and scrawny because most fashion designers are gay and therefore like their models to look like boys? No? Well, now you do. Believe me, if you're looking to actually learn something about EITHER homosexuality OR the religious right, there are far more accredited scholarly books to read, and if you're looking for a fun story about being gay (or being a feminist or being a fashion designer or being a Christian -- or all four together in one happy, well adjusted human being), there are plenty of great reads out there that don't lead you through such tortured, hateful "logic."

0 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TRUMP, December 31, 2010

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Jason Salamone - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nature of Homosexuality: Vindication for Homosexual Activists and the Religious Right (Paperback)

Yeah, this book and the website homosexinfo.org is a definite trump card on the most comprehensive understandings of what homosexuality is really about. As you can see the bad reviews are from people who don't like it based on their emotions. The book doesn't reinforce how they feel, so they have no other way but to call foul with no facts to back. One reviewer even went as so far to use the 'shame into silence' tactic that was spelled out in the homosexual manifesto book called After the Ball pg 226 tactic 11. This is a tactic that has been propagated by the leaders of homosexual activist groups through the media and word-of mouth where people reflexively use it, because it was a lie repeated so much they believe it. The tactic is this: "label everybody who disagrees with homosexuality and dare speak their mind about it as "homophobes" and then link homophobia to claims of latent homosexual tendencies. Another words, to shut them up call them a homophobe and there a closet homo. I find it both ironic and interesting that people who defend homosexuality will use it to insult others who don't.