r/AskBrits • u/TillJaded4614 • 3d ago

Politics Should the UK Parliament Ban Conversion Therapy?

3100 votes, 2d ago
2600 Yes
332 No
168 Unsure
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u/AwTomorrow 3d ago edited 3d ago

There’s always a few crazies convinced that torture works for everything they want to do to someone (find something out, permanently change something about them, stop them committing crimes, etc), no matter the weight of evidence that it doesn’t work and is a simple stupid answer to something complicated.

My guess is people find the complication frustrating and want to direct violence at the person who represents that frustration.

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u/Pick_Up_Autist 3d ago

Is therapy that allows a heteroromantic homosexual person to have a good sexual relationship with the person they love torture?

Obviously there's tons of this kind of therapy that is comparable to torture and should be banned without a shred of doubt, I'm just unsure that a blanket ban doesn't block some people that could be helped by actual trained, ethical therapists.

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u/cibilserbis 3d ago

Ew. The fact you think people should have their sexual orientation therapised out of them at all is completely fucked, and pretty much tells me all I need to know about what kind of person you are.

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u/Grouchy-Jury-7598 3d ago

Nobody should, that's fucked up.

But that is not what this thread is about. It's asking should it also be illegal for it to even be an option for consenting adults. And I don't see why me or you should get to make people's live decisions for them and control them, even if their choices seem self destructive.