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Originally Posted by MolsonInBothHands
http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbo...lestation.html
An article discussing the error in classifying pedophiles as homosexual or heterosexual. It states many pedophiles are neither, since they are not capable of maintaining a mature adult intimate relationship with either sex. I tend to agree with this thinking, as it is my limited understanding that pedophilia is more about the feeling of power and control over someone than the sexual release.
I would also speculate that a heterosexual male is a lot less likely to admit to being molested as a child, and that would skew the results, especially in the time your study was conducted.
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There are also some pretty serious issues with that study to begin with. It was non-clinical (the sample of homosexual respondents was gotten by setting up a booth at a gay pride parade and handing out questionnaires) and there are huge issues with the collection of data.
Probably the biggest issue is that the questionnaire said nothing about molestation, but rather "sexual contact" with someone 5 years or older than the respondent up to the age of 16. So a 21 year old and a 16 year old having "sexual contact" (which could mean just about anything) would count as molestation in the study.
And when you combine the number of people in the study who had already identified as homosexuals prior to the sexual contact (nearly 70%) with the fact that most people begin to recognize same sex attraction in their early teen years, I would hazard a guess that the vast majority of the "molestation" was teenagers having sexual contact with young adults. That doesn't mean it's OK, but lumping in a 6 year being molested with a 16 year old kissing a 21 year old makes little sense.
Given all that, the following statement isn't particularly surprising:
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Forty-six percent of the homosexual men in contrast to 7% of the heterosexual men reported homosexual molestation. Twenty-two percent of lesbian women in contrast to 1% of heterosexual women reported homosexual molestation.
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It doesn't surprise me in the slightest that homosexual teenagers are more likely to have sexual contact with an older person of the same sex at a higher rate than heterosexual ones are.