Homosexuality is a topic on which people don't' speak often nor easily But it is present in all cultures, both in the east and in west, since ancient times, recent studies in western countries have shown that true homosexuals represent an average of 3 % of the population. There are many questions are arising when thinking of a situation so strange and abnormal in the eyes of those who feel normal sexual attraction for the opposite sex. Therefore, to understand the condition and the people who are involved in it is essential.
There are some misconceptions about what homosexuality is and is not. Homosexuality is not a free choice of a person. Some people may have been born with it; others may have developed during the first years of life.
It is not caused by a disease of the genital organs, sex glands or sex hormones. Homosexuals are perfectly normal from the physical and intellectual points of view; in fact many scientists, artists, and literate people have been and are homosexuals. Homosexuality is a fixed pattern of sexual orientation in persons otherwise normal.
Homosexuals are not necessarily dangerous criminals, even though they may also make mistakes or even commit crimes, as anybody else.
Many homosexuals live, work, study and suffer as any normal person, being different in nothing except the difficulty the have to bear. It is there for evident t that every bit of discrimination against homosexuals simply because of homosexuality is unjust and unworthy of a developed society. However, wrong behaviour, especially when it scandalizes and involves youngsters, cannot be approved.
By homosexuality experiences we mean situations of deep emotional attachment to a person of the same sex in people who can normally feel attraction for the opposite sex. Often the sexual impulse leads them simply into deep comradeship but sometimes it may take the form of homosexual activity. For most people these emotions represent merely a temporary substitute for relationships with the opposite sex. They are not at all homosexuals. But in true homosexuality sexual pleasure is limited to a person to the same sex.
No medicines exists that can cure homosexuality. Many homosexuals don't even want to be cured, because they are quite satisfied with this condition. Those who are too depressed and suffering from anxiety and shame can get help from specialized counselors or psychotherapists, who will be able if not always to remove homosexuality at least to reduce the distress caused by this situation.
Love
Love is a deep attitude of our being that makes us feel the need of sharing our lives with others for their sake. Love is the opposite of selfishness. There are many different ways of expressing love in the sense that the genital organs may or may not be involved according to the different situations, but love remains the same basic requisite of everything that is good and valid.
Anybody can think of one of the highest expressions of love is mother's love. The main characteristic of mother's love is to be at the complete disposal of the child, gratuitously, without any limit, in order to achieve his fulfillment in life.
