In orr to terme the prevalence of childhood sexual abe among gay, lbian, and bisexual dividuals, we nducted a meta-analysis that piled the rults of 65 articl across 9 untri. The rults revealed no signifint difference the prevalence of child sexual abe between homose …
Contents:
- THE V-SPOT: AM I GAY/QUEER BEE OF SEXUAL TRMA?
- THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABE ON SEXUAL INTY FORMATN GAY MEN
- AM I GAY BEE OF THE ABE?
- PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE: A META-ANALYSIS
THE V-SPOT: AM I GAY/QUEER BEE OF SEXUAL TRMA?
Emergg data suggts that as children, gay mal have an creased risk for physil and sexual abe. Anecdotal evince suggts that a signifint subset of children abed by clergy intify as gay as adults. However, we know very ltle about the impact of clergy-perpetrated sexual abe c … * gay because of abuse *
Sadly, this is an extremely mon occurrence, as there is equently a nnectn between childhood sexual abe and adult homosexualy.
THE IMPACT OF SEXUAL ABE ON SEXUAL INTY FORMATN GAY MEN
* gay because of abuse *
Pl, there are plenty of gay men who were never abed and plenty of straight men who were abed as boys and never turned gay. Not all gay men were molted as boys (sce there are multiple for homosexualy) and not all boys who are molted turn out gay (probably bee they were ls predisposed towards homosexualy). Still, nnot be nied that a disproportnately high number of gay men were abed as boys, and that certaly ntributed to their sexual and emotnal velopment.
Robert Epste, the pro-gay edor--chief of Psychology Today, noted that gay rears who were upset wh an ad that ran his publitn 2002 sent him letters assertg “that gays have a right to be or abive bee they themselv have been abed” (this obvly clud beg sexually abed).
AM I GAY BEE OF THE ABE?
As for the notn that people are born gay, not only would that suggt that fants n relate to the ncepts of sexual and romantic attractn (which they obvly nnot), but would also ignore the fact that our upbrgg and environment have profound effects on . Yet when to homosexualy, is taboo to nnect childhood sexual abe wh subsequent gay inty sce: 1) this would ntradict the “born gay” myth; and 2) would unrsre the fact that homosexual attractns are not natural and posive.
PREVALENCE OF CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABE AMONG LBIAN, GAY, AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE: A META-ANALYSIS
As explaed ndidly by the lbian femist and amic Cale Paglia, “Every sgle gay person I know has some sort of drama gog on, back childhood.