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- From: lmann@vineland.pubs.stratus.com (Laurie Mann)
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- Subject: Child Sexual Abuse (Re: pounding the "10%" figure into the ground) Nature12/3/92
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:10:27 GMT
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- Amy Young Leith writes
- >In article <13710@optilink.COM> cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
- >>FALSE. Depending on which study you read, at least 21% of molestation
- >>is by exclusive homosexuals, or about 30% is done by homosexuals or
- >>bisexuals.
- >>If you don't even have the basic facts right, there's no point
- >>in arguing with you.
- >Yes, for this same reason I wonder why people bother responding to
- >you.
-
- How true!
-
- >Would you mind giving a clear and concise professional reference for
- >the claims you make above?
-
- I don't have the "clear and concise professional references"
- in front of me, but Crammer is confusing "homosexual acts" with
- homosexuals. Most child rape involves a man, often a relative,
- against a girl. The second largest group involves a man against
- a boy. However, in the vast majority of those cases, the older man is
- functioning in the society as a heterosexual. Whether or not the person
- is actually gay isn't the point---most of these men vehemently
- deny being gay. (And, yes, about twenty
- percent of the cases involve women and children.)
-
- Sure, some gay people engage in sexual abuse against children, but the vast
- majority of child sexual abusers, even taking into account the fact that
- about 90% of the population is straight, are self-avowed heterosexuals.
-
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