Media & ArtsPray Away on Netflix

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[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

What made you feel weird about it?

That part irks me a bit, because that might've been used to subtly tie being against transing to conversion therapy. I think it might also just be a fluke though. I haven't watched the whole thing yet.

[–]Rial[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's probably it for me too. Like, he's framed as this sympathetic 'bad guy' for the whole thing. No other ex-trans people, just the super religious one.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I didn't see the show. However: maybe a bit of an unpopular opinion, but as long as conversion therapy is limited to talk therapy (possibly about religious topics) I don't see a problem. It does become a problem when it gets into abusive territory (shock, other forms of physical abuse, systematic social isolation, extreme forms of shaming, etc.)

I'm at a point where I prioritize spirituality over other things that are not directly about survival. If others want to do the same (or want to encourage their children to do the same), at the expense of sexual activity, I'm not going to judge. Kids shouldn't be having sex anyway, and if an adult chooses celibacy for religious reasons it's none of my business.

[–]Lizzythelezzo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think there are different levels of conversion therapy. There are some religious people who just promote celibacy, and I think that's fine as long as people don't think that they are going to hell if they choose to date or have sex - and thus it's not really a free choice. I think it's a lot more problematic when they try to turn gay people straight, and insist they date someone of the opposite sex to "cure" them. (I am speaking from experience as I did religious conversion therapy myself.)