Hi GG, you seem to be catching a lot of flack for posing your question, but I think it was reasonable and deserves some discussion.
Just briefly, I came across the following facts;
“Of young men surveyed in the Adverse
Childhood Experiences Study, 29.9% reported
physical abuse; 16% reported sexual abuse;
7.6% reported emotional abuse; and 11.5%
reported witnessing family violence before they
were 18 years old. 2
• Adult males who have experienced child sexual
abuse, physical abuse, and/or witnessed family
violence, are more likely to act out sexually,
have sexual identity confusion, and contract an
STI.3
One third of juvenile delinquents, 40% of sex
offenders, and 76% of serial rapists reported
experiencing child sexual abuse.
Childhood victimization has been linked to alcohol
and drug dependence in adolescents and adults, as
well as aggressive and antisocial behavior.”
Granted, these appear to be focusing on abuse, rather than involvement in a relationship, say, with a girlfriend, but I suspect some of the end results would be the same.
More sexual aggression, more risky behavior, and general lack of discernment and discretion in choosing sexual partners.
Hope that helps.
Ya mean Moses and Jesus were right about marriage!
Much of my skepticism regarding Liberalism and sex comes from knowing that we are paying for a swarm of government “intervenors” whose impact is far more deleterious than helpful, and prohibitively expensive.
Government can't successfully intervene in the area of family decisions like the role of sex, marriage, etc.
I tried to detail a bit of this in my previous post to little jeramiah. Perhaps you may be more able to read it than he was. It seems he felt somehow threatened or offended by my not accepting his views as absolute truths.
Whatever happened to the people who accepted that life does have evil things and people, and that one does not make a career of being “damaged”. Now, a child who is disciplined physically is “abused”, and if a child is told of his/her behavioral, ethical or moral deficiencies, that is “emotional abuse”.
Let ‘em man up some. Jews spent some thousands of years telling their offspring just what was right and wrong, they were quite ‘controlling’, yet they produced a remarkably creative/productive population throughout those millinnia.
Liberalism considers much of their child raising methodology “abusive”. Ditto for Christians.
And, as for the instant case of a 12 year old boy who voluntarily had sex, I still am unconvinced that such an experience “damaged” that boy. Forcible rape is another thing, but not what was being discussed in this case.
How a person can violate the behavioral norms described in Judeo-Christianity and justify such violation on “abuse” is beyond me. Regardless of what you have experienced, you have Commandments to follow. Reasonably acculturated people know what they should do.
I can understand how that swarm of “intervenors” justifies they career - “income stream” covers their motivation.
Thanks for the data, and thanks rather more for understanding that my question was a valid one.
Thanks!