Chapter 748: Chapter 722: Who is the Real Executioner?
Xiao Qian was reminded of the case that her elder brother had asked her to accept, and then she looked at Bai Jin, who was watching her anxiously, waiting for her reply.
“You want to write a related report?”
“I want to hear your professional explanation from the perspective of a psychologist — would it be a waste of your time?”
“If you’ve got time, you can wait for me to return the book and then I can set aside an hour for you. How’s that?” Xiao Qian was always generous to those who had helped her.
“That’s great!” Bai Jin was particularly happy.
A few minutes later, Xiao Qian and Bai Jin were sitting in a coffee shop near the school, and Bai Jin had laid out her notebook on the table, ready to take notes.
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“What information do you want to know about homosexuality? Do you want me to talk about some cases?” Xiao Qian asked.
“I want to ask you if homosexuality is a pathology.” Bai Jin had a somewhat gloomy look in her eyes.
“The World Health Organization removed homosexuality from the list of mental disorders in 1993, while here at home, this change to authoritative medicine only took place a few years ago. From 2001, homosexuality was no longer considered a mental illness. For a while before that, many people looked at gay people as though they were mentally ill. During a particular period in our history after the founding of the nation, gays could even be sentenced to death. Society is always improving, but there’s still ample room for growth,”
All that Xiao Qian said were authoritative facts.
“Why aren’t you writing these down? It’ll take you some effort to find these data yourself.”
“As a psychologist, how would you “correct” a homosexual?”
“I’m sorry to tell you that while perhaps some psychologists claim that they can make such corrections, I cannot. Actually, I just refused a case, and due to this refusal, my elder brother might lose some business.”
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“Even my idol has conditions that she can’t treat?”
“It’s not that I can’t treat them, but that I don’t want to create more tragedies.”
“Why didn’t you accept it?” Bai Jin couldn’t understand.
“In this case, even if they propose to pay me, regardless of whether I would treat sincerely, this only child will definitely pretend to cooperate with me. After a few sessions, he’ll tell his family that he’s been “cured.” His family is aware of his situation, since they’ve tried to correct it since his childhood. Seeking treatment before the wedding is just a facade for his future wife. If I accept this case, he will marry a woman.”
“If he lives a normal heterosexual life, he would have fulfilled the responsibility as a doctor, right? After all, many people believe a heterosexual marriage is normal.” Bai Jin held her pen tightly as she thought of her own family pressuring her to marry, and her heart greatly ached.
“Yes, in the eyes of others, he’s ‘normal’ but what’s the reality? Even after getting married, he’ll still find men behind his wife’s back, and his wife will become a ‘gay’s wife’ enduring a sham marriage.”
“Ah… So that’s how it is!” Bai Jin realized, she could feel Xiao Qian’s firm stance when she said these words. Did her idol particularly detest homosexuals?
Indeed… who wouldn’t loathe such a “disgusting” group? What understanding was she hoping for? Bai Jin lowered her head and a heavy feeling filled her heart.
“In your perspective… you’re also deeply disgusted by these ‘perverts,’ right? Considering they… I mean they aren’t normal like the rest of us.”
“I do not harbor any particular prejudice against homosexuals. To put it correctly, I do not even discriminate against those with mental illnesses, let alone homosexuals who have been removed from the list of mental illnesses. Whether one likes a man or a woman, you can’t control that. It’s even beyond the point that a doctor can treat it.”
“But you——!” Bai Jin lifted her head, feeling somewhat revitalized. Would someone else understand her?
“I don’t discriminate against this group. Whether people like men or women doesn’t concern me. What I truly despise are those who knowingly deceive others about their sexual orientation to get married. This is unfair to the women they deceive. There are millions of ‘gay wives’ in our country currently enduring sham marriages, and ironically, it’s not due to the actions of others, but due to the so-called ‘normal’ people who loudly proclaim their dislike for homosexuality and find it disgusting. Their prejudice forces a portion of the homosexual population to masquerade as ‘normal’ to get married and even bear children. This is nothing short of a tragedy for those who are deceived into marrying.”
“So, discrimination is wrong. We should understand homosexuals, right?” Bai Jin’s eyes reddened.
“We should understand but not encourage. Importantly, if everyday people demonstrated a little less prejudice, it would decrease the instances of homosexuals entering into sham marriages. Today’s discriminatory look might just doom another ‘gay wife’ tomorrow. Who is the real executioner is a topic worth pondering.”
In this era if someone were to admit to being a homosexual, those around them would immediately show faces of disgust and keep their distance as if avoiding a virus — afraid they would catch AIDS.
Extreme individuals might even secretly paint on their door or backstab them. It was all too common.
But by scorning homosexuals, calling them disgusting and abnormal, can you change someone’s sexual orientation? Can scorning others make your own meat grow or earn a little more money?
No, it can’t.
“Traditional concepts come from nature and human relationships, they were conceived for the normal reproduction of our species. When a man comes of age, he should marry; when a woman comes of age, she should marry. If they reach a certain age without their own family, the elders would endlessly nag them to do what normal people should do, to present the image of normalcy. But their pressure has only made me feel increasingly abnormal now,” Bai Jin shared her personal experiences.
Xiao Qian nodded, “Yes, the Celestial Empire’s elders are particularly superstitious about maintaining ‘normalcy’ and prefer to maintain a facade of normalcy rather than face reality. This logic isn’t only present amongst homosexuals who use marriage as a cover, but also in cases of families with mental illnesses concealing their medical history, tricking others into marriage, and having children — it’s all about maintaining a similar facade.”
Chasing the external appearance of ‘normalcy’ only ends up forcing those who are already ‘abnormal’ to marry innocent, ‘normal’ individuals and subsequently warps an entire group of people — such is reality.
“Dr. Chen, you should have figured it out by now, I’m actually ——” After listening to Xiao Qian, Bai Jin felt enlightened and wanted to open up to Xiao Qian.
“I figured it out. It’s your freedom and others have no right to dictate what you should do. If you should choose a lifestyle, you should be prepared to deal with the issues it brings. If you encounter any dilemmas in the future that you can’t untangle, feel free to come to me for help. I’ll do it for free.”
Bai Jin burst into tears.
This was the first time she had heard someone express their understanding without any judgment. She tried hard to conform to her family’s expectations, attempting to date men and even going on arranged dates, but it was useless. She was feeling desperate.
During her moment of despair, listening to her idol’s understanding was tremendously helpful.
“But there’s one thing, whether you like men or women doesn’t concern me, but you can’t harbor feelings for me. I know my charm is irresistible to both men and women, but I’m married. If you fall for me, my husband, Xiao Qiang, would hit you. Really, he’d even hit women.”
Xiao Qian was half-serious and half-joking.
Bai Jin stopped crying and started to laugh. However, if it weren’t for Xiao Qian being so candid, she might have actually developed a little crush on her. Now that it had been addressed, it was no longer an issue.
“Boss Qian, what are you up to here, bullying girls?” Qiuqiu brought over a girl for a coffee and saw Boss Qian making a girl cry in the corner.