DYING TO CUT MY GIRLFRIENDS BANGS OFF!!!

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA

Sorry to burst your bubble, Diane - Lina is not me. After Wolfgang`s last post, I just had to give it up. He made it clear that his negative predisposition towards anything I had to write was similar to mine towards you, and that nothing would be gained from continuing. But, since you brought me back into the discussion...

Lina is my new hero. :-)

Diane, you never claimed to be anti-fetish or anti-haircutting? Your postings make it clear. It wasn`t an accusation, it was an observation, but I can see how it could be perceived as an attack. Thus, the whole tone of the thread was negatively set. Ah well.
I never said anything about your not having a heart. However I did object to when you said you had "empathy" for a fetishist. That`s the wrong word. You may have sympathy, you may have pity. You do _not_ have empathy.
Also, I haven`t attacked "everyone" - just you. >;-) I did and do challenge your statements.

And you did call it a "mental disease" repeatedly, not a "disorder." (And, according to a psychologist friend of mine, she states that: "Fetish stuff used to be clasified as a mental disorder, but they have since removed it as a disorder. I don`t know if there is a "root cause". Seems that some folks are just born kinky and others not. Some folks may wind up eroticizing a particular activity or situation due to some kind of early childhood experience though.")
That jives with the definition of "paraphilia" that I had posted earlier.

To Lina, yes I did say I work in the medical field. I`m in healthcare research. I don`t claim to be a doctor or nurse or medical practitioner, just showing that there can be a wide definition that can be applied to "working in the medical field."
And Lina did attempt to express what I had attempted to express: that "fetish" comes in many shades and degrees.

Lastly, chiropractors ARE in the medical field, thank you - they have done more to improve my bad back than any M.D. A chiropractor realigns the spine. A "doctor" would only commit surgery. A long-term homeopathic solution works better for me than an invasive procedure.

So, Diane - be pissed off if you want to be. You have yet to offer any proof or text or sources that refute any of the things by which we`ve refuted your statements.
My suspicion is that you may well have had some basic psych classes (all colleges have Psych 101), but that your knowledge is dated. How long ago was your "medical training?"

Correction British is first in the education level and Canada is second.

Had to answer Biff`s question about personality because he won`t do his homework. He wanted to know my views about personality and believe in this as many does.

Freudian Theory
Freud`s theory states that personality is made up of three parts.

id
-unconscious instincts present at birth and thereafter
-basic drives of pleasure and gratification, regardless of reality, exists in us all the time

ego
-true self
-evaluates and assesses reality and controls the id

super ego
-internal conscious and moral part
-established by parental and social discipline
-guilt feelings arise from the super ego when our thoughts do not conform to the standards of our super ego

Freud believed that psychological disorders occurs when conflict arises between two or more of the above.
Human develop "defense mechanisms"( denial for example) that are employed to ward off the conflicts of our different parts of the personalities.

Official defination of sexual disorders and all its classes in the medical field.
Considered a sexual disorder when arousal can only be attained through unusual acts or fantasies.
1) exhitionism
2) fetishism
3)transvestic fetishism
4)necrophilia
5)beastiality
6)voyeurism
7) pedophilia
8)masochism
9)sadism

Now I am off. I would certainly hope that you Biff don`t take pride in being into fetishism and announced it to your co-workers or your dates as most people would run or reacte very strongly.

Biff do you watch the dating show? Can you imagine meeting this beautiful woman for the very first time and the whole evening goes smoothly talking about things. All of sudden she might ask you what is your fantasy and you might answer that you don`t have a fantasy but a fetish. How much do you bet that date would cool off quickly?
People easily accept fantasies because it hold a special meaning but as soon as the word fetish comes out watch out. It holds a very negative meaning.
I personally know of someone that is very sweet and was always talking about this guy. She was so convince that they were perfect for each other eventhough it was only three months. ONe day she went into his apartment and found a baby suit that he has to wear. She was so discourage, heart broken that the relationship broke up immediately. None of us told her to do this but we all knew that it wouldn`t work.
How can it when the other person is not important but the object is.
I think that people at times use the fetish word wrongly and really mean fantasies. If only they actually sat down and think if they are or not. YOu are or you are not. Pretty simple to figure out.

1. Diane, I did not say that a chiropractor, dentist, or homeopath was a "medical doctor". I said that they worked in the "medical field", the same monoker that you like to tote around continuously.

2. Diane, yes, I am familiar with the Canadian system of education. Last I looked, I was a product of it.

3. Biff, Bravo!

Lina,
We`ve been looking to improve neonatal outcomes, and are now starting to address perinatal issues and interventions. A popular subject of perinatal research is toxicology screening.

Chiropractic students who attend Life Chiropractic College study more "medicine" (number of hours in certain areas) than medical doctors. Next time I visit my chiro, I`ll try to remember to ask about the course-hours breakdown. (He had it posted on the wall of his office, comparing chiro students and med students. It was very interesting.)