Child Abuse Rate At Zero Percent In Lesbian Households, New Report Finds

[Danno 1,228]

No, my point is that there's no evidence that children raised in same-sex relationship houeholds (whether by two men or two women) are any more subeject to abuse than children raised in "traditional" two parent households. If anything, several studies suggest that child abuse in same-sex relationship households - regardless of the gender - is lower than in "traditional" households. There's a link in my post. Feel free to read.

Sure in traditional house holds, no one scrutinizes the parents drug use, criminal back ground, income level, metal stability. etc.

If one were to compare "traditional families" ... which includes all the riff raff as well... to Gays who have been vetted, the results should not be surprising.

Since you are pretty good with google why not locate a study which compares molestation differences between Homosexuals who adopt of are foster parents to Straights who adopt or are foster parents..... not this would be more more telling.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Since you are pretty good with google why not locate a study which compares molestation differences between Homosexuals who adopt of are foster parents to Straights who adopt or are foster parents..... not this would be more more telling.

I don't need to google that. Maybe you should. Might be an eye opener for you.

[Danno 1,228]

I don't need to google that. Maybe you should. Might be an eye opener for you.

Hey, feel free to open my eyes, you seem quick enough with the links when it suites you.

I have seen numbers on this in the past and they might have opened your eyes.. if it were possible.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hey, feel free to open my eyes, you seem quick enough with the links when it suites you.

I have seen numbers on this in the past and they might have opened your eyes.. if it were possible.

What numbers? Where? Let's see them.

[Danno 1,228]

What numbers? Where? Let's see them.

Here is one collection of investigations by the FRC.

Are Over A Third of Foster Parent Molestations Homosexual?

http://www.familyresearchinst.org/2009/02/are-over-a-third-of-foster-parent-molestations-homosexual/

One of the reasons you have not posted anything on this topic is because (as you can read in the link) no one is willing to provide accurate data.

I did read one report a few years back but I can't recall which NewsPaper it ran in.

I have no doubt the majority of Homosexual men only have the best of care in mind for the children they adopt, the cases of sexual abuse, even though more prevent than with straits ....are a minority of Gays who adopt.

Edited January 11, 2012 by Danno

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Here is one collection of investigations by the FRC.

Are Over A Third of Foster Parent Molestations Homosexual?

http://www.familyresearchinst.org/2009/02/are-over-a-third-of-foster-parent-molestations-homosexual/

FRI - The Family Research Institute: FRI is run by Paul Cameron, who earned a doctorate in psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1966. Cameron founded the Institute for the Scientific Investigation of Sexuality in 1982, and this institute later became FRI.

The American Psychological Association (APA) dropped Cameron from its membership on December 2, 1983 for a violation of the Preamble to the Ethical Principles of Psychologists.

Okay, so do you have anything from sources other than homophobes?

[Danno 1,228]

Okay, so do you have anything from sources other than homophobes?

Homophobes= anyone who questions the gay life.

Anyone who would compile the research or investigate the matter is by de-facto.. a homophobe to gay folk.... which is why you can't find anything to post on the topic.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Homophobes= anyone who questions the gay life.

Anyone who would compile the research or investigate the matter is by de-facto.. a homophobe to gay folk.... which is why you can't find anything to post on the topic.

No, Danno. One can investigate the matter objectively. An organization with the distinct purpose of generating "empirical research on issues that threaten the traditional family, particularly homosexuality, AIDS, sexual social policy" founded by a guy expelled from the APA for the quoted violations cannot undertake such objective investigation. It would be contrary to their very mission. Too complex for you?

Here's what objective review tells us:

Reflecting the results of these and other studies, the mainstream view among researchers and professionals who work in the area of child sexual abuse is that homosexual and bisexual men do not pose any special threat to children. For example, in one review of the scientific literature, noted authority Dr. A. Nicholas Groth wrote:

Are homosexual adults in general sexually attracted to children and are preadolescent children at greater risk of molestation from homosexual adults than from heterosexual adults? There is no reason to believe so. The research to date all points to there being no significant relationship between a homosexual lifestyle and child molestation. There appears to be practically no reportage of sexual molestation of girls by lesbian adults, and the adult male who sexually molests young boys is not likely to be homosexual (Groth & Gary, 1982, p. 147).

In a more recent literature review, Dr. Nathaniel McConaghy (1998) similarly cautioned against confusing homosexuality with pedophilia. He noted, "The man who offends against prepubertal or immediately postpubertal boys is typically not sexually interested in older men or in women" (p. 259).

This well known lack of a linkage between homosexuality and child molestation accounts for why relatively little research has directly addressed the issue. Proving something we already know simply isn't a priority. Indeed, a commentary that accompanied publication of the 1994 study by Jenny et al. in Pediatrics noted that debates about gay people as molesters "have little to do with everyday child abuse" and lamented that they distract lawmakers and the public from dealing with the real problem of children's sexual mistreatment (Krugman, 1994).

Edited January 11, 2012 by Mr. Big Dog

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

No, Danno. One can investigate the matter objectively. An organization with the distinct purpose of generating "empirical research on issues that threaten the traditional family, particularly homosexuality, AIDS, sexual social policy" founded by a guy expelled from the ADA for the quoted violations cannot undertake such objective investigation. It would be contrary to their very mission. Too complex for you?

He's a dentist?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

He's a dentist?

APA, my bad.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

APA, my bad.

Mr Typo found a typo??? Holy $hee-ite!

[james&olya 1,121]

I strongly suspect that the study is flawed by 'selection' bias. They were not following a 'normal' sampling of lesbian households.

I know from my personal experience working with children in health care that child abuse, including sexual abuse, DOES occur in lesbian homes. I have no reason to believe it is more common than in heterosexual households but it certainly exists, as it does in virtually every racial, socio-economic, religious, whatever kind of group studied!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I strongly suspect that the study is flawed by 'selection' bias. They were not following a 'normal' sampling of lesbian households.

I know from my personal experience working with children in health care that child abuse, including sexual abuse, DOES occur in lesbian homes. I have no reason to believe it is more common than in heterosexual households but it certainly exists, as it does in virtually every racial, socio-economic, religious, whatever kind of group studied!

I saw something the other day where rape statistics were skewed, because of the definition in the law is that rape was a sexual assault on a female with penetration against her will.

[dalegg 143]

Where was this study when I was 16 and begging to be sent to go live with a a pair of lesbian foster parents?

[Danno 1,228]

Where was this study when I was 16 and begging to be sent to go live with a a pair of lesbian foster parents?

Not so fast sport, reality does not always meet reality.

Overweight and obesity in sexual-minority women: evidence from population-based data.

Boehmer U, Bowen DJ, Bauer GR.

Source

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University, Boston, Mass 02118, USA. boehmer@bu.edu

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

We sought to determine whether lesbians have higher rates of overweight and obesity than women of other sexual orientations.

METHODS:

We compared population estimates of overweight and obesity across sexual orientation groups, using data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth.

RESULTS:

Adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses showed lesbians have more than twice the odds of overweight (odds ratio [OR]=2.69; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.40, 5.18) and obesity (OR=2.47; 95% CI=1.19, 5.09) as heterosexual women. Bisexuals and women who reported their sexual orientation as "something else" (besides heterosexual, lesbian, or bisexual) showed no such increase in the odds of overweight and obesity.

CONCLUSIONS:

Lesbian women have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than all other female sexual orientation groups. This finding suggests that lesbians are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality linked to overweight and obesity. This finding also highlights the need for interventions within this population.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17463369&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum