My Daughter Likes Women: How Can I Cure Her?

Dear Martha:

I’m a mother who suspects that her daughter likes women.

What type of specialist can you recommend that I can send her to in order to be cured?

—Hopeful for a Cure

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Dear Hopeful for a Cure,

I recommend that you speak openly with your daughter and ask her about her sexual preferences. As her mother, it is important for you to have good communication with her, and furthermore, that she feels accepted and understood.

But, the answer is “no” if your question is: “Can I cure her?” Your daughter does not have an illness, rather a sexual preference different from yours, in which you will need guidance to accept and appreciate who she is.

There is nothing wrong with your daughter, other than that she is not accepted and rejected by her mother, which is a serious emotional problem that she’ll have to live with.