[G Larry]

>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2009/06/05/a-major-study-of-child-abuse-and-homosexuality-revisited/<

On page 37, the other relevant result relates to men.

The 13th research question addressed, of homosexual men who have been molested, what percentage were molested before self-identification as homosexual men, and what percentage were molested after self-identification as homosexual?

Of homosexual men who were molested, 68% were molested before self-identification as homosexual, and 32% were molested after self-identification as homosexual.

[DoughtyOne]

My question is this. Is identity with same sex a defense mechanism for kids who are molested? Is it a method to explain away to themselves that it wasn’t that bad, or that things were not as bad as it seemed?

68% is a rather high figure.

Thanks for the mention.

[Carry_Okie]

Of homosexual men who were molested, 68% were molested before self-identification as homosexual, and 32% were molested after self-identification as homosexual.

It wasn't until I was thirty that I finally recalled being molested at the age of four. I have since confirmed who the perp was and have also established that I was not his only victim. So I would question the conclusion in that the first number might actually be higher.