Now for Suburbanite's assertions...
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| Originally posted by Suburbanite+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Suburbanite)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>58% of boys who had been sexually abused described themselves as homosexual or bisexual.[/b] |
No argument there. According to the study, out of 40 boys, 19 self-identify as homosexual, 4 as bisexual.
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Ninety percent of boys who had not been molested described themselves as heterosexuals. |
No argument there, either. According to the study, out of the control group of 40 boys, 36 self-identify as heterosexual, 3 as homosexual, 1 as bisexual.
<!--QuoteBegin-Suburbanite Clear, same-sex child molestation helps create homosexuals who then molest others.[/quote]Not according to the study you've cited. Let's see what the investigators had to say:
"It should be emphasized that the vast majority of homosexuals do not report childhood sexual experiences and also that the vast majority of male pedophiles do not regard themselves as homosexual."
"...the findings are similar to those of Fritz, Stoller and Wagner, who found that 4.8% of undergraduate psychology male students who reported childhood sexual victimization, 60 percent were by women."
"...it is highly questionable to try to estimate the incidence and prevalence rate of sexual molestation, by either sex, in an adolescent medicine clinic population of approximately 500 patients per year."
And, from the final paragraph of the study you cite, "In considering the inital study population, it would also be desirable to learn more about those boys who were highly traumatized by their experience and those who were not particularly affected, and the factors that made for the difference."
Sorry Suburbanite. Of the cites you provided, the only one that had any chance of supporting your assertion failed to do so. If you'd like to discuss any or all of the study in detail, I have the fulltext version and would be more than happy to go over it with you.