Do we know this for sure? It kinda makes sense in a way.I've seen it written more than once that a good percentage of *female* perverts have been molested by men (father,uncle,teacher,priest,neighbor...) and that,too,makes sense.
There was a FReeper years back who was a psychologist or therapist who dealt with many homosexuals in her professional life.
She stated that over 95% of them had been molested as children.
In my own profession I have known a large number of homosexuals and lesbians. The ones I have gotten to know also had the same background and for the men there was no father in the household. A father figure would introduce himself into the boy’s life and molestation as a child or coercion while a teen would occur.
The lesbians had all been molested by a close male family member or step-father with the mother doing nothing about it or being emotionally distant to the girl.
A huge number of lesbians are suspicious of men or hate them outright. They have difficulty relating to men in their professional or personal life. That is not by accident. Their mistrust of men comes from something in their childhood or teen years.
This was established years ago in the Bay Area of San Fran by the Ca Dept of Public Health when the surge in,not just HIV, but a half dozen other diseases, was traced to adult homosexuals that had molested the boys. These boys were labeled twinks and were passed around the homosexual community as if it were a kind of sporting event.