You're not wrong to be distrustful (politely, I might note) of a Let-Me-Google-That-For-You, especially one that rather patronizingly links directly to a single article.
This book notes in its introduction (worth reading) that this subject is hugely taboo in the research field (as you might expect), and as a result empirical data is REAL hard to come by. Worse, the truth is, there's really no data out there at all on sexual trauma victimization. There's just no way to capture the incidence information reliably. So researchers are left guessing--and guessing in one direction earns you a HUGE amount of highly organized, well-funded wrath.
As you might imagine, there are fewer and fewer guesses (or attempts to turn guesses into theories and test them) as time goes by.
Be deeply suspicious of anyone who tells you they are certain that sexual trauma is NOT connected to homosexuality or other "abnormal" sexual behaviors, because while the opposite is certainly not concrete, there have been numerous connections made over many years of research, and it's a case of "It certainly looks like it, but the jury is still out, or the jury would be out if anyone could get a grant to study it without losing their career instantly".
Maybe all those gay kids were outcasts and put themselves in situations where abuse happened?
That's pretty wrong on every level. Children aren't to blame for being abused. I'm sure that's not what you intended to say, because that's fucking disgusting.
So where you're going is the "born gay" theory is the only valid one? Maybe I'm misinterpreting you, but you aren't actually stating anything about that yet so I'm just assuming.
Don't you think that a person's experience impacts their life? Consider a sexually traumatic experience at a vulnerable time, do you seriously think it won't change the way that person lives later in life?
Some people repress horrible memories, some minimize it in their minds, some distort it to prevent the horror of it from being present in adulthood.. But to assert that all sexuality is "born" and not "learned" is pretty far fetched, and is the dream of democrats for decades that we all accept it.
If we accept that premise, then we permit abuse of children because it's "harmless", even "erotic".
I think many are, yes. Not saying it's a rule, but it's quite common.
https://lmgtfy.com/?q=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Fcolumnists%2Fmichaelbrown%2F2017%2F02%2F24%2Fyes-childhood-sexual-abuse-often-does-contribute-to-homosexuality-n2289936
You're not wrong to be distrustful (politely, I might note) of a Let-Me-Google-That-For-You, especially one that rather patronizingly links directly to a single article.
This book notes in its introduction (worth reading) that this subject is hugely taboo in the research field (as you might expect), and as a result empirical data is REAL hard to come by. Worse, the truth is, there's really no data out there at all on sexual trauma victimization. There's just no way to capture the incidence information reliably. So researchers are left guessing--and guessing in one direction earns you a HUGE amount of highly organized, well-funded wrath.
As you might imagine, there are fewer and fewer guesses (or attempts to turn guesses into theories and test them) as time goes by.
Be deeply suspicious of anyone who tells you they are certain that sexual trauma is NOT connected to homosexuality or other "abnormal" sexual behaviors, because while the opposite is certainly not concrete, there have been numerous connections made over many years of research, and it's a case of "It certainly looks like it, but the jury is still out, or the jury would be out if anyone could get a grant to study it without losing their career instantly".
Furthermore that last sentence:
That's pretty wrong on every level. Children aren't to blame for being abused. I'm sure that's not what you intended to say, because that's fucking disgusting.
So where you're going is the "born gay" theory is the only valid one? Maybe I'm misinterpreting you, but you aren't actually stating anything about that yet so I'm just assuming.
Don't you think that a person's experience impacts their life? Consider a sexually traumatic experience at a vulnerable time, do you seriously think it won't change the way that person lives later in life?
Some people repress horrible memories, some minimize it in their minds, some distort it to prevent the horror of it from being present in adulthood.. But to assert that all sexuality is "born" and not "learned" is pretty far fetched, and is the dream of democrats for decades that we all accept it.
If we accept that premise, then we permit abuse of children because it's "harmless", even "erotic".
You might be interested in what Milo has to say about that. I don't have the videos saved but I'm sure you could find one.