TheProgressivePatriot
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I'm going to take this apart , piece by piece.Still in denial huh guys? How come?
Can Childhood Sexual Abuse Cause Homosexuality? - Born Gay? - ProCon.org
The unsigned article which gives no indication of where and when it may have been published states:
It is a well-documented fact that many many homosexuals were sexually abused when young. (This paper will conclude with a list of some books which support that statement.)
In other words, there is an abundance of evidence that many many homosexuals were born heterosexual but were disoriented by sexual abuse.
However, it does not cite which of the numerous refences listed at the end of the article support that claim, if in fact it exists at all . It is customary to footnote such passages but this author did not think that was necessary. Rather, a good deal of the rest of the article is devoted to documenting the rate od child sexual abuse, and somehow concludes that if so many were molested, then it may well be that all homosexuals were molested.
It goes on to say:
Too, there currently is no definitive proof that anyone is born homosexual. Several studies by homosexual researchers claimed to find some possible biological bases for homosexuality. But other scientists easily pointed out the flaws in those studies, and the results of those studies have yet to be replicated by others. In the words of pro-homosexual Newsweek magazine: "In the early '90s, three highly publicized studies seemed to suggest that homosexuality's roots were genetic....More than five years later the data have never been replicated."8
Now here there is a foot note. John Leland and Mark Miller, "Can Gays Convert?", Newsweek, Aug. 17, 1998, p. 49 but that is from 1998. Much has been learned since then and I have the documentation to prove it. Rack this one up to pure bunk.
And, it states:
Skilled psychologists and psychiatrists like Masters and Johnson, Charles Socarides, Joseph Nicolosi, Benjamin Kaufman, Elizabeth Moberly, Jeffrey Satinover, and Gerard van den Aardweg, have had success changing homosexuals into heterosexuals. (They have been successful because most if not all homosexuals were probably born heterosexual.)
That is just more bullshit. Some may be coerced and shamed into adopting a heterosexual lifestyle but that is not an approprite measure of sucess. It is not sucess if they go on to live lives of quiet desparation. The harm done by conversion or reparitive therapy is well documented and today, every major psycological and medical organization has condemned it, and states are beginning to outlaw it.
Then it states that "many homosexuals are mentally disturbed as a result of sexual abuse. Many PEOPLE are disturbed by having been sexually abused. If gay people have a higher rate of mental and emotional problems and substance abuse, it is because of the fact that they have been discriminated against, marginalized, villified and still- in many cases -have to conciel their sexual orientaion from family, friends, and employers.
The only sliver of truth presented is that children who were sexually abused tend to become abusers as adults. But that is being used to try to claim that gays-who aledgedy we all sexually abused - are likely to abuse and that is just more baseless bullshit.
I'll be tearing apart the rest of your are so called research articls as soon as I don't have anything better toi do
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