A leading Canadian psychiatrist who kept accusations of gross human rights abuses in apartheid-era South Africa hidden has been charged in Calgary with sexually abusing a male patient and is being investigated over dozens of other allegations. Dr Aubrey Levin, who in South Africa was known as Dr Shock for his use of electricity to “cure” gay military conscripts, was arrested after a patient secretly filmed the psychiatrist allegedly making sexual advances. Levin, who worked at the University of Calgary’s medical school, has been suspended from practising and is free on bail of C$50,000 (£32,000) on charges of repeatedly indecently assaulting a 36-year-old man.
The police say they are investigating similar claims by nearly 30 other patients. The Alberta justice department is reviewing scores of criminal convictions in which Levin was a prosecution witness.
Levin has worked in Canada for 15 years since leaving South Africa, where he was chief psychiatrist in the apartheid-era military and became notorious for using electric shocks to “cure” gay white conscripts. Levin, who made no secret of his hard rightwing views and was a member of the ruling National party during apartheid, has a long history of homophobia. The treatment consisted of strapping electrodes to the upper arm. Homosexual soldiers were shown pictures of a naked man and encouraged to fantasise, and then the power was ratcheted up. Trudie Grobler, an intern psychologist on ward 22, saw a lesbian subjected to severe shocks. “It was traumatic. I could not believe her body could handle it,” she said later.
Look on the bright side, at least the patients weren’t charged for the “treatments”.
Uh, Bobbo, if you get drunk and will fuck anything, you are not “exclusively heterosexual”, regardless of what you may consider yourself. You should note that nearly everybody falls somewhere between a Kinsey 0 and a Kinsey 7. When did they change it from 0 -10?
#21–spsffan==never argue with a drunk. I say if when drunk one will f*ck anything then ones “sexuality” is not at issue. Note the current definition is all about “containing” or directing the “urge” to a subset of what is available–a limitation of a sort. I’m talking about screwing everything including mud puddles. I’m not limiting or selecting, not being “sexual” at all. I’m talking really about that poly/pan oceanic oneness with the universe–reaching out and touching the face of God–filling the void with my life force.
Demeaning that by placing it on a continuum of sexuality is really demeaning and missing the point. Once you evolve beyond being a homo sapien, you will then see what you are blind to now.
Damn, my last Heineken and its only 1PM.
This is further evidence that these quack ‘medical procedures’ advocated by the Christian taliban is not only barbaric teachings but torture for personal pleasure.
Time to close Christian Taliban outlets like NARTH.com and I call on Janet Reno to come back and finish the job.
Wasn’t she a gay dude though? Sure as hell didn’t look like a chick, even a lesbian-plumber one.
13 bobbo.
Could be me but I think the response loses something with “Then there’s those who believe if you’re xx, you’re not xy, xxy, yxx, or xxx. And if you’re xy, you’re not xx, xxy, yxx or xxx. And if you are xxx, you’re not xy, xxy, yxx, or xx. And if you are xxy…
The whole idea behind evolution is that nature makes rare genetic mistakes and improbable combinations and re-combinations that mostly don’t work out, which allows for the even rarer but better-suited individual to better survive to breed. End of lesson.
RBG
Nowhere do they say if the treatment worked or not. Were the patients cured?
This is hilarious the guy trying to treat them is gay. You can’t cure someone who is gay get over it.
I dunno. Anne Heche seems to be cured after dating Ellen DeGeneres.
RBG
#25–RBG==ok, I give up. What does your general truism got to do with this thread? Extra credit if you explain the curious gene linking mechanism that by chance allows seemingly ineffective genes to continue in the population because of the beneficial effects of the genes they are attached to?
In this case, it may be that the genetic complex associated with homosexuality may also provide greater female fertility.
Unlike yourself, very little in the field of genetics is simple and straightforward.
RBG–What in the world makes you think Anne is cured???? The whole thing about a switch hitter is both sides get a chance at bat.
You are a silly person.
bobbo. It’s a direct answer to your #19 “What to make of them?” Then I see you have a thing for scientific non sequiturs.
Except your “MAY” and 3 bucks should get you a pretty good cup of coffee. But I see where you’re going with this. Soon we’ll be able to determine who is faking being gay.
So now there is a gene for “switch-hitting,” is there? Maybe for the times when abortion laws are repealed to help even out the results of female fertility.
It must be fun to seize half-baked ideas about nature to fit your wishful liberal philosophy. But then you are obviously the product of two recessive liberal genes.
RBG