Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens singled out for punishment

Eurekalert.org ^ | 12/06/2010 | Kathryn Himmelstein / Staff

[Abathar]

I can see a host of reasons why this might be true, and also why it might be a complete waste of time.

Asking a person who believes he/she/it is a perpetual victim from "society" to answer survey questions about their victim-hood without any verification of that answer in my mind will skew the results to the point of being useless. Acting out and calling attention to yourself is also very much part of this "lifestyle", can it be that a lot of these kids want to get in trouble for attention in the first place?

[Westbrook]

Maybe it’s because they’re 40% more likely to perceive themselves as victims, or even 40% more likely that they practice their filthy lifestyle in the open.

[rarestia]

Any CHILD walking around claiming to be LGBT is going to be a Leftist and come from a Leftist/Progressive home. Leftists are consummate troublemakers and problem children. Dragging out this victim bullshit is getting tiresome and loathsome.

I’ll be homeschooling just to keep these freaks away from my normal kids.

[MBB1984]

More than likely they are receiving the punishments because they are creating the problems or crimes.

[MBB1984]

More than likely they are receiving the punishments because they are creating the problems or crimes.

[Le Chien Rouge]

Many gays are also heavily into the drug culture which will explain why many gays have high rates of crime.

[84rules]

Maybe they engage in more rule-breaking behavior than others? Was that possible factor included in the study?

[kenmcg]

With the large number of gay, lesbian, and bi-sexual school administrators, helping to brainwash our children, this study can’t be believed.

[Jacquerie]

Hannah Brueckner, professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course at Yale.

And I should believe anything from this weird beard feminist nest because . . .

The "research" was probably done with a grant from taxpayers.

[silverleaf]

maybe emotionally disordered yoots engage in the majority of punishable behaviors?

Hmmmm, maybe the rocket scientists can figure this one out.....

[JTR1888]

REALLY??? As severe as the punishment against white kids just for being white? Like allowing them to be beaten, terrorized, raped and killed by racial gangs, not letting them fly the flag of their own country on their bicycles, keeping them out of colleges through quotas and denying them scholarship funds because of their race?

[GeronL]

They said the same thing about black kids didn’t they

It’s like a fill in the ______________ with the victim group

[Zeppo]

Hannah Brueckner, professor of sociology and co-director of the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course at Yale.

Sounds like she's a professional victim.

Nice work, if you can get it...

/s

[Jacquerie]

Hannah Brückner (Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000) works on a wide range of topics related to the life course, inequality, health, gender and sexuality. She is the author of Gender Inequality in the Life Course and has published numerous chapters and articles about gender inequality in the labor force and in retirement, and the integration of women in academic workplaces. Findings from her research on adolescent health and sexual behavior were featured in news media across the country, including the New York Times and 60 Minutes. Current research projects focus on adolescent romantic relationships and timing and sequencing of family formation and career development. She has a longstanding interest in quantitative methodology and the integration of biological and sociological explanations of social structure and human behavior. She has received an Andrew W. Mellon New Directions Fellowship and research grants from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation. She is a member of the steering committee of the Women Faculty Forum and Co-Director of the Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course (CIQLE).

[Sacajaweau]

Maybe there's a correlation between this screwed up behavior, a screwed up mind and everyday screwed up behavior.

They become arrogant and "entitled". Ellen and Rosie, although very different personalities, are probably good public examples.

[Graybeard58]

and especially police stops—were more frequently meted out to LGB youth,

How does a cop know you are queer before he stops you? How does he know after he stops you, unless you tell him?

[Sacajaweau]

This is a trap study....I’m betting the basis for this study is all about “profiling” and the “law”.

[Da Coyote]

“Maybe it’s because they’re 40% more likely to perceive themselves as victims, or even 40% more likely that they practice their filthy lifestyle in the open”

Beat me to it.

Agree totally.

[AppyPappy]

“Different” kids tend to be attention whores.

[fml]

Right.

"Girls who labeled themselves as lesbian or bisexual were especially at risk for unequal treatment," said Himmelstein. "They reported experiencing twice as many police stops, arrests and convictions as other girls who had engaged in similar behavior. Although we did not explore the experiences of transgender youth, anecdotal reports suggest that they are similarly at risk for excessive punishment."

Seems self labeled lesbian juvies whine more then their counterparts - or are out in greater numbers -or the fools study ignored the "normal" kids because the end justifies the means