Posted on 12/19/2006 9:45:14 PM PST by freedomdefender
COPENHAGEN, November 29, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A major study published last month in the prestigious peer-reviewed journal, Archives of Sexual Behavior, provides striking new evidence for the influence of childhood family factors on sexual-orientation development.
The study used a population-based sample of 2,000,355 native-born Danes between the ages of 18 and 49. Denmark -- a country noted for its tolerance of a wide variety of alternative lifestyles, including homosexual partnerships -- was the first country to legalize gay marriage. The researchers assessed detailed marriage records for all Danish-born men and women marrying a same-sex partner from the years 1989 through 2001.
With access to the "virtually complete registry coverage of the entire Danish population," the study sample therefore lacked the problematic selection bias that has plagued many previous studies on sexual orientation.
Parental Influences on Sexual Orientation Development
The authors conclude: "Our study provides population-based, prospective evidence that childhood family experiences are important determinants of heterosexual and homosexual marriage decisions in adulthood."
Assuming that people who marry heterosexually are almost always heterosexual -- especially in a country where homosexuality carries little stigma, and gay marriage is legal -- and people who marry homosexually can be presumed to be homosexual, the study's findings offer intriguing evidence about family factors separating homosexual from heterosexual persons.
The following are findings from this new data:
- Men who marry homosexually are more likely to have been raised in a family with unstable parental relationships -- particularly, absent or unknown fathers and divorced parents.
- Findings on women who marry homosexually were less pronounced, but were still associated with a childhood marked by a broken family. The rates of same-sex marriage "were elevated among women who experienced maternal death during adolescence, women with short duration of parental marriage, and women with long duration of mother-absent cohabitation with father."
- Men and women with "unknown fathers" were significantly less likely to marry a person of the opposite sex than were their peers with known fathers.
- Men who experienced parental death during childhood or adolescence "had significantly lower heterosexual marriage rates than peers whose parents were both alive on their 18th birthday. The younger the age of the father's death, the lower was the likelihood of heterosexual marriage."
- "The shorter the duration of parental marriage, the higher was the likelihood of homosexual marriage...homosexual marriage rates were 36% and 26% higher among men and women, respectively, who experienced parental divorce after less than six years of marriage, than among peers whose parents remained married for all 18 years of childhood and adolescence."
- "Men whose parents divorced before their 6th birthday were 39% more likely to marry homosexually than peers from intact parental marriages."
- "Men whose cohabitation with both parents ended before age 18 years had significantly (55% -76%) higher rates of homosexual marriage than men who cohabited with both parents until 18 years."
- The mother's age was directly linked to the likelihood of homosexual marriage among men -- the older the mother, the more likely her son was to marry another man. Also, "only children" were more likely to be homosexual.
- Persons born in large cities were significantly more likely to marry a same-sex partner -- suggesting that cultural factors might also affect the development of sexual orientation.
"Whatever ingredients determine a person's sexual preferences and marital choices," conclude the study's authors, "our population-based study shows that parental interactions are important."
Reference:"Childhood Family Correlates of Heterosexual and Homosexual Marriages: A National Cohort Study of Two Million Danes," by Morten Frisch and Anders Hviid, Archives of Sexual Behavior Oct 13, 2006
**Homosexuality was listed as a mental disorder in The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual until 1973.**
And slavery was considered acceptable for years. What's your point? People can't be wrong?
**Gay activism, not science, was the force behind removing homosexuality as a mental disorder.**
What science was behind listing it to begin with?
**There is no valid argument to the above fact. Even homosexual activist and scientist Simon LeVay admits this is his book Queer Science. I own this book and verified the quote.**
So because one person says it, it must be true? That's no different than the conservatives running around saying we never should have gone into Iraq. One person's opinion does not make an argument.
**There is no gay gene.**
I didn't say there was.
**There isn't a single credible scientist that denies the above fact.**
Does "credible" mean they agree with you?
**The environment in which children are raised is key.**
Yes. But it doesn't always play a factor. I like butterflies. What environmental factor played a part in that?
**There is no genetic test or procedure, experimental or otherwise, that can determine one's sexual preference.
When somebody claims to be gay, the only evidence they have to support their claim is their word, their testimony, their declaration.**
What proof do you have that you're heterosexual?
**The same evidence exists for ex-gays, yet those who believe the testimony of gays apparently refuse to believe the testimony of ex-gays.**
The opposite argument holds true. Those who believe the argument of "ex-gays" refuse to believe gays.
**The ex-gay population continues to grow.**
Have you ever looked at studies/articles that refuted your argument?
Studies and articles get posted here all the time, yet not a single study or article can refute my argument. If you have a study or article that refutes/disproves/discredits anything I've posted then go ahead and post it. Because I've been doing this for so long, I already know you can't, and soon everybody will know you can't. Facts are facts.
BTTT
They can't refute your argument because you refuse to believe anything that doesn't support your argument. You didn't respond to anything else I said. I could post a thousand articles or studies and you wouldn't believe them. Why should I waste my time?
--The more screwed up their childhood was the more likely they are to be screwed up as adults. Go figure.--
The more screwed up our ancestors, the more screwed up the descendents. Go Figure.
Words mean things. You just said to longtermmemory:
You're not going to [change my mind], you never will.You've already made up your mind and you're asking me to waste my time.
You previously asked if I have you ever looked at studies/articles that refuted my argument. As I said, articles and studies get posted here all the time yet none refute/discredit/disproves my argument, nor any of the articles I've posted.
Now, if you care to post anything that can refute/discredit/disprove my argument or any of the articles I've posted, by all means, post away. Unfortunately for you, you can't.
Here are some articles for those interested:
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Good question. Maybe you shouldn't.
Freud was right: Weak fathers and strong willed mother's = gay children. It doesn't help when the kid gets molested by an old queen either.
You might want to take note of this suggestion: think before posting.
In post 99 you said:
I don't know why you're so insistent on trying to change my mind. You're not going to, you never will. And, no, I'd rather not check out the "homosexual agenda" articles.Perhaps you should direct your above comment to yourself because, by your own admission you've made up your mind and refuse to read articles. Whereas I've asked you to post anything that could discredit anything I've said. I'm the one requesting information and you're the one refusing to change your mind and get educated on the subject.
That's ridiculous, You'd have to know all about everyone's family situation, to make such a statement.
It seems plausible to me that genetic and prenatal influences (e.g. hormonal environment before birth) could predispose some individuals to different sex and gender orientations, with childhood and adolescent experiences as confirming or triggering factors.
Human sexual response is really a complex thing.
This is precisely why I avoid these threads. I don't want to argue with any of you. I'm done.
ping...
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That was hurtful.
That's similar to what the experts say. Here's an interesting read:
How Might Homosexuality Develop? Putting the Pieces Together
This is a hugely complex issue and one which I have spent years researching. In all those years I've seen all the bad science referenced so many times it's way past old, and sometimes that shows up in my posts. Sorry, I could have shown you the patience I've given others.
Do you suppose that older sister Ann (Lewis) has something to do with Barney Franks sexual-orientation?
You said: No one was born a transvestite. We are born naked.
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Does that convert transvestites into nudists while they are in the shower?
What was his mom married too?
Hmmm? Have we ever seen Ann with Barnie?
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