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==Masculine identity==

==Masculine identity==

[[Joseph Nicolosi]] wrote:

Dr. [[Joseph Nicolosi]] wrote:

*Increasingly today, we are abandoning support of our boys’ formation of masculine identity; particularly the support needed from the [[parents]].  For the boy, the father is most significant in the [[identification]] process.  If he is warm and receptive and inviting, the boy will disidentify with [[mother]] and bond with [[father]] to fulfill his natural masculine strings.  If the father is cold, detached, harsh, or even simply disinterested, the boy may reach out, but eventually will feel hurt and discouraged and surrender his natural masculine strivings, returning to his mother. --Dr. Joseph Nicolosi, “Gay as Self-Reinvention,” Narth Bulletin, December 1997. [http://www.abidingtruth.com/pfrc/books/sevensteps/Chapter3/index.html]

{{QuoteBox|Increasingly today, we are abandoning support of our boys’ formation of masculine identity; particularly the support needed from the [[parents]].  For the boy, the father is most significant in the identification process.  If he is warm and receptive and inviting, the boy will disidentify with [[mother]] and bond with [[father]] to fulfill his natural masculine strings.  If the father is cold, detached, harsh, or even simply disinterested, the boy may reach out, but eventually will feel hurt and discouraged and surrender his natural masculine strivings, returning to his mother. <ref>Nicolosi, Joseph, [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/selfreinvention.html Gay as Self-Reinvention] ''Narth Bulletin'', December 1997.</ref>}}

 

 

==References==

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