[NJ_gent]

"Psychological studies have proven as much."

While some other studies have shown the opposite to be true. Some studies also show that children who were molested 'willingly' showed no negative effects later in life. Are we to accept that all these studies are accurate? Or just the ones which support your conclusion?

In other words, psychology isn't an exact science, and doing case studies are even less exact. Combine the two and you may as well be using a dart board to reach conclusions. Trust your shrink when he's talking to you, but not when he's selling a book or publishing a study.

[TChris]

Are we to accept that all these studies are accurate? Or just the ones which support your conclusion?

No, we are to conclude that, like any other studies, some are fatally flawed and others less so. We don't throw out all the studies as irrelevant because some contradict others, we root out those that are bogus and keep nailing down the truth.