RE: Homosexuality
February 7, 2018 at 2:05 am
(This post was last modified: February 7, 2018 at 2:05 am by Huggy Bear.)
(February 7, 2018 at 1:31 am)Astreja Wrote: A few salient quotes from the Nurses' Health Study II abstract:*emphasis mine*
Quote:First, through a direct process of targeted violence, youth whose sexual minority orientation is known to others may be targeted for abuse by parents, other adults, or older children because of antigay bias as a means to reinforce the lower social status held by sexual minorities.
Quote:Second, through a less direct process, sexual orientation minority youth may experience social isolation or internal conflict related to their lower social status, and as a result, may be more likely to engage in risk behaviors such as alcohol and other drug use that may then put them at risk for abuse by parents, other adults, or older children.
Quote:A third hypothesized process of violence victimization relates to gender expression rather than sexual orientation per se and so may also be considered indirect. Sexual orientation minority women are more likely than heterosexual women to report gender nonconformist behavior in childhood,33 and some evidence suggests that gender nonconformist children may be more likely to be targeted for abuse.In all three cases, the orientation came first and then some assholes bullied the LGBT individuals. It's clear where the problem lies. As always, the problem is the abuser and not the abused.
Those are clearly hypothetical:
Quote:The processes that are hypothesized to contribute to elevated rates of violence victimization of sexual minorities may be direct or indirect.
Quote:We hypothesized that among those with a sexual minority orientation, we would observe higher rates of having been targets of violence in childhood and adolescence.
While you maybe can make a case for abuse occurring after someone has identified sexually in adolescence, you cannot say the same for childhood cases.