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That's not a straw man. He's just stating the same thing you are when you say: > disorders require that the deviation amount to a disorder That is medicalizin
by drewcoo 5y ago
That's not a straw man. He's just stating the same thing you are when you say:
> disorders require that the deviation amount to a disorder
That is medicalizing diversity. Creating "disorders" where no one is bothered by them.
This is not uncommon in psychology. In the 1970s, homosexuality was also a "disorder."
- djur 5y agoI think the underlying tension here comes from the fact that people are currently prescribed drugs for ADHD on the basis that it is a disorder that needs to be treated, and a lot of those people would like to still have access to that medication while also being less stigmatized. The analogy to homosexuality is problematic because in that same analogy Adderall is equivalent to conversion therapy.
- ekanes 5y agoRight, a disorder is something that interferes materially with your life.
- GavinMcG 5y agoNo, he isn't: he supposes that "any deviation from the standard" is called a disorder. That's false: we call something a disorder when it disrupts people's lives, not just when there's diversity. "Disorder" only applies when someone is bothered—and addressing the bother isn't "medicalization" any more than cleft palate repair or prescribing eyeglasses. He seems committed to using the term "disorder" about himself, even though he says he doesn't have one. But it's a problem of his own making: he could stop saying he has ADD and start saying he has an attention deficit.