Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture
Defenders and critics of the controversial Spitzer study analyze its methodologies and findings\ In 2001, Robert L. Spitzer, MD, presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its controversial findings that some homosexuals can change their sexual orientation. The resulting media sensation and political firestorm enraged the study’s critics and emboldened its supporters. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture presents...
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Defenders and critics of the controversial Spitzer study analyze its methodologies and findingsIn 2001, Robert L. Spitzer, MD, presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its controversial findings that some homosexuals can change their sexual orientation. The resulting media sensation and political firestorm enraged the study’s critics and emboldened its supporters. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture presents leading experts examining Spitzer’s research methodology and findings to discern whether the study itself deserves deeper consideration or outright dismissal. Every facet of the study is reviewed to discuss the positive or negative aspects of the results, its significance in political and social terms, and the implications for the future.Dr. Spitzer himself was an instrumental figure in the American Psychiatric Association's decision in 1973 to remove homosexuality as a mental illness listing from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III. His later study that states that in some individuals, homosexuality may be more fluid than previously thought stirred controversy in the psychiatric community and society at large. His study is presented here to allow the reader to evaluate and consider it for themselves. Leading experts then voice their own pro or con views on the methodology and findings. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture fearlessly illustrates the sometimes fuzzy boundary between science and politics, courageously spotlighting the culture wars now dividing our society.Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture discusses: the ex-gay movement the nature of scientific inquiry the relationship between science and politics the results of sexual conversion therapies gay and lesbian rightsEx-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science, Religion, Politics, and Culture is essential reading for sex researchers, mental health professionals, pastoral counselors, political activists, and any person asking if one can truly “change” his or her homosexuality.
1The politics and science of "reparative therapy"32Gold or lead? : introductory remarks on conversions133Position statement on therapies focused on attempts to change sexual orientation (reparative or conversion therapies)294Can some gay men and lesbians change their sexual orientation? : 200 participants reporting a change from homosexual to heterosexual orientation355Can sexual orientation change? : a long-running saga676Understanding the self-reports of reparative therapy "successes"757The malleability of homosexuality : a debate long overdue838A methodological critique of Spitzer's research on reparative therapy899Are converts to be believed? : assessing sexual orientation "conversions"9510Reconsidering "sexual desire" in the context of reparative therapy10111The Spitzer study and the culture wars10712Sexual orientation change : a study of atypical cases11313The politics of sexual choices11914Too flawed : don't publish12515Evaluating interventions to alter sexual orientation : methodological and ethical considerations13116Guttman scalability confirms the effectiveness of reparative therapy13717Methodological limitations do not justify the claim that same-sex attraction changed through "reparative therapy"14118Initiating treatment evaluations14719A positive view of Spitzer's research and an argument for further research15120Penile plethysomography and change in sexual orientation15321Finally, recognition of a long-neglected population15922Sexual orientation change and informed consent in reparative therapy16523Reparative science and social responsibility : the concept of a malleable core as theoretical challenge and psychological comfort17124A candle in the wind : Spitzer's study of reparative therapy17925Spitzer's oversight : ethical-philosophical underpinnings of "reparative therapy"18326Sexual diversity and change along a continuum of bisexual desire18727Science and the Nuremberg code : a question of ethics and harm28Sexual reorientation therapy : is it ever ethical? can it ever change sexual orientation?20129Heterosexual identities, sexual reorientation therapies, and science20930How Spitzer's study gives a voice to the disenfranchised within a minority group21731Study results should not be dismissed and justify further research on the efficacy of sexual reorientation therapy22332Studying sexual orientation change : a methodological review of the Spitzer study23533The religious conversion of homosexuals : subject selection is the voir dire of psychological research25134An analysis of the media response to the Spitzer study27735Political science29136The Spitzer study and the Finnish parliament30937An interview with Robert L. Spitzer, MD323
