[allendale]

Wonder if there will ever be a study asking homosexual males how old they were when they had their first homosexual encounter and how old was their partner. Until such an objective non biased study is done, its hard to accept that homosexuality is mostly an inherent and not an imprinted trait.

[FamiliarFace]

Probably won’t be a study any time soon, but I bet there would be a high correlation if they ever did one.

[rudabaga]

Then you have to do the same with heterosexuals. I don’t think the results will be any better.

[Varda]

The University of San Francisco has a large body of work studying homosexuals if you can get access to the journals. The study pasted below reports that about 21% of homosexuals had been forcibly raped as children. That number excludes those who were abused in other ways. Always remember that it's normal (that means 50% or more) for homosexuals to pursue minors for sex. Heterosexuals have nowhere near those numbers.

“UCSF Study Finds Gay/Bisexual Men Who Were Sexually Abused as Children Are More Likely to Engage in Unsafe Sex

Men who have sex with men (MSM) who are victims of childhood sexual abuse are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior than other MSMs, say researchers from UCSF’s Center for AIDS Prevention (CAPS).

The study, published in the April issue of Child Abuse & Neglect, found that about one fifth (20.6%) of all MSMs experienced childhood sexual abuse—a rate that is higher than general prevalence estimates for the general male population. These men's early sexual victimization experiences typically involved physical force, penetrative sex, and were highly distressing. “