Why do you think male homosexual have more mood and anxiety disorders?

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It seems scientifically close minded to conclude that it's all about stigma and discrimination without studying it first. It would be a hard thing to draw conclusions about really. Who knows how different genes are related and also about the correlation between childhood abuse and men who have sex with men later in life.

"In sum, regardless of the rigor of the sample selection, when comparing MSM [men who have sex with men] samples to general male population samples, and when comparing MSM and heterosexual men within one sample, MSM consistently report more CSA [childhood sexual abuse] overall and more CSA with males than heterosexual men do; and no differences are observed for reported abuse by females… These studies bolster our conclusion that a disparity exists between gay/bisexual men and heterosexual men when it comes to CSA by males. While it is possible that these differences may be an artifact of reporting biases (e.g., heterosexual men being less willing to report being victimized by a man or to report that early heterosexual contact is abuse as opposed to initiation), it seems unlikely that reporting bias would account for a difference of this consistency and magnitude across a wide range of samples."

http://borngay.procon.org/view.answers.p...nID=000029

It certainly seems like that could cause some anexity's. From my (admittedly brief) bit of looking into it I would say that it really hasn't been studied well enough to draw any concrete conclusions, yet most people on here are willing to automatically put it all down to dealing with bigotry. I think this is a huge problem with political correctness, and politically correct beliefs that prescribe all problems to something like external bigotry automatically. You can't really get to know the real solution without studying multiple angles and then can't do anything to help out.