Monsters & the closet.

Back in child psychiatry posting for the next three months. Completely isolated in a huge ward/den, also referred to as the monsters inc, we're pitted against 6-10 adolescents and children per resident, with nothing more than a time out room to protect ourselves. I could also try and make u believe that we are tied to our therapy rooms and are let out only for food and sleep. Maybe with an evil senior resident with a deft wrist and a handy cat-o-nine tails thrown in. Oh well, that would have had some pizzaz at least. Sigh.. Anyway, the biggest crib for this
posting is that there is no tea shop near the wards, and the planes don't fly above.
Nothing to distract us, or allow us to send a quick message while the rounds pause for the planes to pass. Miss the spice jet B 737-82N with no winglets (castrated as
some people call it) coming in at 9 30 am. Well, at least it had won me a bet.

Also been thinking about behavior a bit. well, children-families-behavior. You see..
Been shaping an old idea about phenotypes among men (and women, if u insist). Straight, gay, bi, curious (dont ask me..), metrosexual <:)>, asexual and those who
do anything that walks. Of course, behaviors. But then there is an understanding that
some of these go beyond that, and go onto orientations and identities; often with some neuro-biological correlates. And thus, the nature-nurture Q. But we wouldn't want to go there. I'm begining to think it is easier to conceptualize them as
phenotypes with the 'genotype' being something else. for eg, u have the gay men with gay phenotypes (queeny) or straight (butch), and the same for straight men. I mean, 'metrosexual' could be a 'gay' phenotype for the straight man. Or an excuse for people who're lost searching for the light switch in the closet. But, the funny part
seems to be that the 'phenotype' which is often held close to hearts as their identity is often environmentally influenced, in essence partly learned. But then, the similarities are hard to ignore. I mean, it basically makes you wonder what is 'gay' or 'straight'?
Other than being person specific adjectives, thus being of limited use.

osho

p.s: genotype is the genetic defenition of a person encoded in genes, while the phenotype is the physical or the behavioral description.