Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg (born 1936,

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) is a Dutch psychologist, and psychotherapist in private practice. He has spoken and written on

homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions" to peop ...

parapsychology Parapsychology is the study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry) and other paranormal claims, for example, those related to near ...

near-death experience A near-death experience (NDE) is a profound personal experience associated with death or impending death which researchers claim share similar characteristics. When positive, such experiences may encompass a variety of sensations including detac ...

, and

anti-abortion Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...

matters. During the 2015 Irish referendum on same-sex marriage, he "claimed the Nazi party was ‘rooted’ in homosexuals (and that) many scientific institutions have been taken over by “active militant gays” who produce information to further the gay cause".

Biography

Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg received his PhD in psychology from the

University of Amsterdam The University of Amsterdam (abbreviated as UvA, nl, Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a public research university located in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The UvA is one of two large, publicly funded research universities in the city, the other being ...

with a dissertation published in 1967 under the title "Homophilia, neurosis and compulsive self-pity". It was the Netherlands' first dissertation on homosexuality. Van den Aardweg rejects the idea that

is a biologically innate trait. Instead, he calls homosexuality (an expression of) "a disease of infantile self pity." Van den Aardweg believes that no one is born gay, that there are no gay children, and that " mosexuality is not equal to heterosexuality. Scientifically this is absolutely absurd." He has been a former member of the

National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality The National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality (NARTH), also known as the NARTH Institute, is a US organization that promotes conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific practice used in attempts to change the sexual orientation of pe ...

's (NARTH) Scientific Advisory Committee., at the related articles.

Selected works

* * * ''The Battle for Normality: Self-Therapy for Homosexual Persons'' (1997) * ''Hungry Souls'' (2009)

References

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